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==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==
 
===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.-->
 
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It can be found in mid-grass prairie communities.<ref name="Lonard et al 2004"/> It can also be found in longleaf pine communities, though it is not as common since they're dominated by perennial species.<ref>Simkin, S. M., W. K. Michener, et al. (2001). "Plant response following soil disturbance in a longleaf pine ecosystem." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 128: 208-218.</ref>
 
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->
 
===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 is seasonal; it is mainly  found from May to December, peaking in September in a study at Padre Island.<ref name="Lonard et al 2004"/>
 
===Seed dispersal===
 
===Seed dispersal===
 
===Seed bank and germination===
 
===Seed bank and germination===
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It germinates after fire.<ref name="Lonard et al 2004">Lonard, R. I., F. W. Judd, et al. (2004). "Recovery of vegetation following a wildfire in a barrier island grassland, Padre Island National Seashore, Texas." Southwestern Naturalist 49: 173-188.</ref>
 
===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
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Are included in the flowering plant survery – post burn – in Heuberger’s study<ref>Heuberger, K. A. and F. E. Putz (2003). "Fire in the suburbs: ecological impacts of prescribed fire in small remnants of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) sandhill." Restoration Ecology 11: 72-81.</ref>
 
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==Conservation and Management==
 
==Conservation and Management==
 
==Cultivation and restoration==
 
==Cultivation and restoration==
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==
==Photo Gallery==
 

Revision as of 12:38, 10 June 2015

Croton glandulosus
Croton glandulosus Gil.jpg
photo by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Croton
Species: C. glandulosus
Binomial name
Croton glandulosus
L.
CROT GLAN dist.jpg
Natural range of Croton glandulosus from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

It can be found in mid-grass prairie communities.[1] It can also be found in longleaf pine communities, though it is not as common since they're dominated by perennial species.[2]

Phenology

It is seasonal; it is mainly found from May to December, peaking in September in a study at Padre Island.[1]

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

It germinates after fire.[1]

Fire ecology

Are included in the flowering plant survery – post burn – in Heuberger’s study[3]

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lonard, R. I., F. W. Judd, et al. (2004). "Recovery of vegetation following a wildfire in a barrier island grassland, Padre Island National Seashore, Texas." Southwestern Naturalist 49: 173-188.
  2. Simkin, S. M., W. K. Michener, et al. (2001). "Plant response following soil disturbance in a longleaf pine ecosystem." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 128: 208-218.
  3. Heuberger, K. A. and F. E. Putz (2003). "Fire in the suburbs: ecological impacts of prescribed fire in small remnants of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) sandhill." Restoration Ecology 11: 72-81.