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| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Lepidium virginicum'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Lepidium virginicum'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
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Common name: Virginia pepperweed
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
Common name: Virginia pepperweed
 
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Pollination===
 
===Pollination===
Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on ''Lepidium virginicum'':
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The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Lepidium virginicum'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
 
 
Colletidae: Colletes mandibularis
 
 
 
Halictidae: Augochlorella gratiosa
 
  
Megachilidae: Heriades leavitti
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Colletidae: ''Colletes mandibularis''
  
Sphecidae: Ectemnius rufipes ais
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Halictidae: ''Augochlorella gratiosa''
  
Sphecidae: Oxybelus laetus fulvipes
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Megachilidae: ''Heriades leavitti''
  
Sphecidae: Tachysphex similis
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Sphecidae: ''Ectemnius rufipes ais, Oxybelus laetus fulvipes, Tachysphex similis''
  
Vespidae: Stenodynerus fundatiformis
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Vespidae: ''Stenodynerus fundatiformis''
  
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==
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Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

Revision as of 09:00, 10 August 2015

Lepidium virginicum
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Capparales
Family: Brassicaceae ⁄ Cruciferae
Genus: virginicum
Species: L. virginicum
Binomial name
Lepidium virginicum
L.
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Natural range of Lepidium virginicum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Virginia pepperweed

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Lepidium virginicum at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Colletidae: Colletes mandibularis

Halictidae: Augochlorella gratiosa

Megachilidae: Heriades leavitti

Sphecidae: Ectemnius rufipes ais, Oxybelus laetus fulvipes, Tachysphex similis

Vespidae: Stenodynerus fundatiformis

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.