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Common name: tall jointweed
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Common names: Tall jointweed, Wireweed
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 
==Taxonomic notes==
Synonym: ''Polygonella gracilis''
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Synonyms: ''Polygonella gracilis''(Nuttall) Meisner; ''Delopyrum gracile'' (Meisner) Small
  
 
==Description==  
 
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
''P. pinicola'' ranges from southeastern South Carolina throughout most of Florida and west to Mississippi<ref name="wilbur">Wilbur, R. L. (1988). "The Authority of the Binomial Polygonella gracilis (Polygonaceae)." Castanea 53(2): 167-168.</ref>.
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''P. pinicola'' ranges from southeastern South Carolina throughout most of Florida and west to Mississippi.<ref name="wilbur">Wilbur, R. L. (1988). "The Authority of the Binomial Polygonella gracilis (Polygonaceae)." Castanea 53(2): 167-168.</ref>
  
 
==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==
 
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Habitats of ''P. pinicola'' include sunny well-drained areas such as longleaf pine/palmetto/scrub oak associations, longleaf pine scrub oak ridges, and sandy roadsides
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Habitats of ''P. pinicola'' include sunny well-drained areas such as longleaf pine/palmetto/scrub oak associations, longleaf pine scrub oak ridges, and sandy roadsides.<ref name="fsu">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: February 2016. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Wilson Baker, Robert K. Godfrey, R.A. Norris. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Franklin, Jackson, Liberty, Wakulla. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy</ref> It grows in loamy sand.
  
 
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===Seed dispersal===
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Flowers August through November.<ref name="eol">[[http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2012/11/tall-jointweed-polygonella-gracilis.html]]Encyclopedia of Life. Accessed: February 24, 2016</ref>
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===Pollination===
 
===Pollination===
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Polygonum pinicola'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
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The following species were observed visiting flowers of ''Polygonum pinicola'' at the Archbold Biological Station:<ref name="Deyrup 2015">Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.</ref>
  
Colletidae:  ''Colletes mandibularis, Colletes thysanellae, Hylaeus confluens''
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Plasterer bees from the family 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''  
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Sweat bees from the family 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''
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Wasps from the family Leucospididae:  ''Leucospis affinis, L. robertsoni, L. slossonae''
  
Megachilidae:  ''Anthidiellum notatum rufomaculatum, Heriades leavitti''
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Leafcutting bees from the family Megachilidae:  ''Anthidiellum notatum rufomaculatum, Heriades leavitti''
  
Pompilidae:  ''Anoplius marginalis, Episyron conterminus posterus, Evagetes parvus''
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Spider wasps from the family 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''
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Thread-waisted wasps from the family 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''
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Wasps from the family 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''
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
===Diseases and parasites===
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==Conservation and Management==
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==Cultural use==
==Cultivation and restoration==
 
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
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==References and notes==
 
==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.
 
 
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed:  Collectors:    States and Counties:    Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
 

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Polygonum pinicola
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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: Polygonum
Species: P. pinicola
Binomial name
Polygonum pinicola
Meisn.
Poly grac dist.jpg
Natural range of Polygonum pinicola from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common names: Tall jointweed, Wireweed

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: Polygonella gracilis(Nuttall) Meisner; Delopyrum gracile (Meisner) Small

Description

A description of Polygonum pinicola is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

P. pinicola ranges from southeastern South Carolina throughout most of Florida and west to Mississippi.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

Habitats of P. pinicola include sunny well-drained areas such as longleaf pine/palmetto/scrub oak associations, longleaf pine scrub oak ridges, and sandy roadsides.[2] It grows in loamy sand.

Phenology

Flowers August through November.[3]

Pollination

The following species were observed visiting flowers of Polygonum pinicola at the Archbold Biological Station:[4]

Plasterer bees from the family Colletidae: Colletes mandibularis, Colletes thysanellae, Hylaeus confluens

Sweat bees from the family Halictidae: Augochlora pura, Augochloropsis anonyma, A. metallica, A. sumptuosa, Lasioglossum coreopsis, L. miniatulus, L. nymphalis, L. placidensis, Sphecodes heraclei

Wasps from the family Leucospididae: Leucospis affinis, L. robertsoni, L. slossonae

Leafcutting bees from the family Megachilidae: Anthidiellum notatum rufomaculatum, Heriades leavitti

Spider wasps from the family Pompilidae: Anoplius marginalis, Episyron conterminus posterus, Evagetes parvus

Thread-waisted wasps from the family 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

Wasps from the family 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

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Wilbur, R. L. (1988). "The Authority of the Binomial Polygonella gracilis (Polygonaceae)." Castanea 53(2): 167-168.
  2. Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: February 2016. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Wilson Baker, Robert K. Godfrey, R.A. Norris. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Franklin, Jackson, Liberty, Wakulla. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy
  3. [[1]]Encyclopedia of Life. Accessed: February 24, 2016
  4. Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.