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Latest revision as of 10:07, 4 September 2018
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| Photo taken by Gil Nelson | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Polygonella |
| Species: | P. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Polygonella gracilis Meisn. | |
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| Natural range of Polygonella gracilis from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: Tall jointweed
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
A description of Polygonella gracilis is provided in The Flora of North America.
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
Phenology
Seed dispersal
This species is thought to be dispersed by gravity. [1]
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Polygonella gracilis at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Colletidae: Colletes mandibularis, Colletes thysanellae, Hylaeus confluens
Halictidae: Augochlora pura, Augochloropsis anonyma, A. metallica, A. sumptuosa, Lasioglossum coreopsis, L. miniatulus, L. nymphalis, L. placidensis, Sphecodes heraclei
Leucospididae: Leucospis affinis, L. robertsoni, L. slossonae
Megachilidae: Anthidiellum notatum rufomaculatum, Heriades leavitti
Pompilidae: Anoplius marginalis, Episyron conterminus posterus, Evagetes parvus
Sphecidae: Anacrabro ocellatus, Cerceris blakei, C. flavofasciata floridensis, C. rufopicta, C. tolteca, Ectemnius rufipes ais, Isodontia exornata, Oxybelus emarginatus, O. laetus fulvipes, Philanthus politus, P. ventilabris, Tachysphex apicalis, T. similis
Vespidae: Eumenes fraternus, E. smithii, Euodynerus castigatus rubrivestris, Leptochilus alcolhuus, L. republicanus, Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus fulvipes rufovestris, P. pedestris bifurcus, P. perennis anacardivora, P. salcularis rufulus, Polistes bellicosus, P. dorsalis hunteri, Stenodynerus beameri, S. fundatiformis, S. histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons, S. pulvinatus surrufus, Zethus slossonae, Z. spinipes
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
- ↑ Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.
