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==Ecology==
 
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It requires wet summers and dry winters.<ref name="Freeman et al 2011"/>It can be found in pocosin communities<ref name="Bolin 2007"/>, flatwoods communities<ref>Kalmbacher, R., N. Cellinese, et al. (2005). "Seeds obtained by vacuuming the soil surface after fire compared with soil seedbank in a flatwoods plant community." Native Plants Journal 6: 233-241.</ref>, and longleaf pine communities<ref>Ruth, A. D., S. Jose, et al. (2008). "Seed bank dynamics of sand pine scrub and longleaf pine flatwoods of the Gulf Coastal Plain (Florida)." Ecological Restoration 26: 19-21.</ref>.
 
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===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->
 
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It accounted for .29% of a late-summer Virginia pocosin seed bank.<ref name="Bolin 2007">Bolin, J. F. (2007). "Seed bank response to wet heat and the vegetation structure of a Virginia pocosin." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134: 80-88.</ref>
 
===Seed bank and germination===
 
===Seed bank and germination===
 
===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
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It responds best to a moderate-severity level burn. It recovers from fire by resprouting and seed.<ref name="Freeman et al 2011">Freeman, J. E. and L. N. Kobziar (2011). "Tracking postfire successional trajectories in a plant community adapted to high-severity fire." Ecological Applications 21: 61-74.</ref> It significantly decreased over 25 years after fire in a scrubby flatwoods<ref>Menges, E. S. and N. M. Kohfeldt (1995). "Life History Strategies of Florida Scrub Plants in Relation to Fire." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 122(4): 282-297.</ref>
 
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Revision as of 13:08, 10 June 2015

Cyperus retrorsus
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Cyperus
Species: C. retrorsus
Binomial name
Cyperus retrorsus
Chapm.
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Natural range of Cyperus retrorsus from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

It requires wet summers and dry winters.[1]It can be found in pocosin communities[2], flatwoods communities[3], and longleaf pine communities[4].

Phenology

Seed dispersal

It accounted for .29% of a late-summer Virginia pocosin seed bank.[2]

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

It responds best to a moderate-severity level burn. It recovers from fire by resprouting and seed.[1] It significantly decreased over 25 years after fire in a scrubby flatwoods[5]

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

References and notes

Photo Gallery

  1. 1.0 1.1 Freeman, J. E. and L. N. Kobziar (2011). "Tracking postfire successional trajectories in a plant community adapted to high-severity fire." Ecological Applications 21: 61-74.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bolin, J. F. (2007). "Seed bank response to wet heat and the vegetation structure of a Virginia pocosin." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 134: 80-88.
  3. Kalmbacher, R., N. Cellinese, et al. (2005). "Seeds obtained by vacuuming the soil surface after fire compared with soil seedbank in a flatwoods plant community." Native Plants Journal 6: 233-241.
  4. Ruth, A. D., S. Jose, et al. (2008). "Seed bank dynamics of sand pine scrub and longleaf pine flatwoods of the Gulf Coastal Plain (Florida)." Ecological Restoration 26: 19-21.
  5. Menges, E. S. and N. M. Kohfeldt (1995). "Life History Strategies of Florida Scrub Plants in Relation to Fire." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 122(4): 282-297.