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Sandy depressions, wet ditches, powerline corridors, and savannas are common habitats for ''R. globulairs''.<ref name= "Weakley"> Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.</ref>
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''R. globularis'' has been found in marsh shorelines, hardwood hammocks, ditches, prairies, cypress domes, scrub oak sand ridges, savannahs, floodplains, wetlands, and pine flatwoods.<ref name="FSU"> Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Leonard J. Brass, George R. Cooley, R. J. Eaton, Robert K. Godfrey, Mabel Kral, R. Kral, John B. Nelson, C. E. Smith, D. B. Ward, E. West, A. A. Will. States and counties: Florida: Bay, Calhoun, Citrus, Collier, Franklin, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hernando, Lee, Levy, Martin, Pinellas, Santa Rosa, and Wakulla.</ref> It is also found in disturbed areas including logging road margins, along roadsides, pond trails, grassy pastures, and railroad ditches. <ref name="FSU"/>  
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''Rhynchospora globularis'' is an indicator species for the Calcareous Savannas community type as described in Carr et al. (2010).<ref>Carr, S.C., K.M. Robertson, and R.K. Peet. 2010. A vegetation classification of fire-dependent pinelands of Florida. Castanea 75:153-189.</ref>
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Associated species: ''R. chapmanii, Senecio anonymus, Hedeoma hispida, Rhynchospora globularis, Polygala, Rhexia, Xyris,  Scleria, and Sarracenia, Ilex, Myrica, Nyssa'', and ''Rhynchospora spp.''.<ref name="FSU"/>  
  
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Additionally, it is an indicator species for the Calcareous Savannas community type as described in Carr et al. (2010).<ref> Carr, S.C., K.M. Robertson, and R.K. Peet. 2010. A vegetation classification of fire-dependent pinelands of Florida. Castanea 75:153-189.</ref>
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''R. globularis'' has been observed flowering in January and March through September with peak inflorescence in May.<ref name= "Pan Flora"> Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 29 MAY 2018</ref>
 
''R. globularis'' has been observed flowering in January and March through September with peak inflorescence in May.<ref name= "Pan Flora"> Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 29 MAY 2018</ref>
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===Seed dispersal===
 
===Seed dispersal===
This species is thought to be dispersed by consumption by vertebrates. <ref> 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.</ref>
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This species is thought to be dispersed by consumption by vertebrates.<ref> 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.</ref>
 
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Populations of ''Rhynchospora globularis'' have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.<ref>Platt, W.J., R. Carter, G. Nelson, W. Baker, S. Hermann, J. Kane, L. Anderson, M. Smith, K. Robertson. 2021. Unpublished species list of Wade Tract old-growth longleaf pine savanna, Thomasville, Georgia.</ref>
 
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==Conservation and Management==
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
''R. globularis'' is classified as endangered in Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, and is of special concern in Kentucky. <ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref>
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''R. globularis'' is classified as endangered in Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, and is of special concern in Kentucky.<ref name= "USDA"> [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CEAM USDA Plant Database]</ref>
  
==Cultivation and restoration==
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==Cultural use==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
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==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==

Latest revision as of 11:17, 15 July 2022

Rhynchospora globularis
Rhynchospora globularis SEF.jpg
Photo by John Gwaltney hosted at Southeastern Flora.com
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Rhynchospora
Species: R. globularis
Binomial name
Rhynchospora globularis
Chapm. Small
RHYN GLOB DIST.JPG
Natural range of Rhynchospora globularis from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonym: none

Variety: Rh. globularis var. globularis GW

Description

R. globularis is a annual/perennial graminoid of the Cyperaceae family that is native to North America.[1]

Distribution

Found largely throughout the southeastern United States, R. globularis is specifically in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, as well as in the western state California.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

R. globularis has been found in marsh shorelines, hardwood hammocks, ditches, prairies, cypress domes, scrub oak sand ridges, savannahs, floodplains, wetlands, and pine flatwoods.[2] It is also found in disturbed areas including logging road margins, along roadsides, pond trails, grassy pastures, and railroad ditches. [2]

Associated species: R. chapmanii, Senecio anonymus, Hedeoma hispida, Rhynchospora globularis, Polygala, Rhexia, Xyris, Scleria, and Sarracenia, Ilex, Myrica, Nyssa, and Rhynchospora spp..[2]

Additionally, it is an indicator species for the Calcareous Savannas community type as described in Carr et al. (2010).[3]

Phenology

R. globularis has been observed flowering in January and March through September with peak inflorescence in May.[4]

Seed dispersal

This species is thought to be dispersed by consumption by vertebrates.[5]

Fire ecology

Populations of Rhynchospora globularis have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.[6]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

R. globularis is classified as endangered in Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, and is of special concern in Kentucky.[1]

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 USDA Plant Database
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Leonard J. Brass, George R. Cooley, R. J. Eaton, Robert K. Godfrey, Mabel Kral, R. Kral, John B. Nelson, C. E. Smith, D. B. Ward, E. West, A. A. Will. States and counties: Florida: Bay, Calhoun, Citrus, Collier, Franklin, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hernando, Lee, Levy, Martin, Pinellas, Santa Rosa, and Wakulla.
  3. Carr, S.C., K.M. Robertson, and R.K. Peet. 2010. A vegetation classification of fire-dependent pinelands of Florida. Castanea 75:153-189.
  4. Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 29 MAY 2018
  5. 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.
  6. Platt, W.J., R. Carter, G. Nelson, W. Baker, S. Hermann, J. Kane, L. Anderson, M. Smith, K. Robertson. 2021. Unpublished species list of Wade Tract old-growth longleaf pine savanna, Thomasville, Georgia.