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A description of ''Baccharis halimifolia'' is provided in [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066181 The Flora of North America].
  
 
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Revision as of 09:05, 11 August 2015

Baccharis halimifolia
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae
Genus: Baccharis
Species: B. halimifolia
Binomial name
Baccharis halimifolia
L.
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Natural range of Baccharis halimifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: eastern baccharis

Description

A description of Baccharis halimifolia is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

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

Apidae: Apis mellifera

Apidae: Bombus impatiens

Colletidae: Colletes mandibularis, C. simulans, C. thysanellae

Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens, Augochlora pura, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis metallica, Halictus poeyi, Lasioglossum miniatulus, L. nymphalis, L. puteulanum, Sphecodes heraclei

Leucospidae: Leucospis affinis

Leucospididae: Leucospis affinis, L. robertsoni, L. slossonae

Pompilidae: Anoplius atramentaius, A. parsoni, Episyron conterminus posterus, Poecilopompilus algidus, P. interruptus

Sphecidae: Bicyrtes quadrifasciata, Cerceris blakei, C. flavofasciata floridensis, C. tolteca, Ectemnius decemmaculatus tequesta, E. rufipes ais, Larra bicolor, Oxybelus decorosum, O. laetus fulvipes, Palmodes dimidiatus, Philanthus ventilabris, Tachytes distinctus, T. floridanus, T. pepticus, T. validus

Vespidae: Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus, Polistes bellicosus, P. dorsalis hunteri, P. fuscatus, P. metricus, P. perplexus, Stenodynerus beameri, S. fundatiformis, S. lineatifrons, Vespula squamosa, Zethus slossonae, Zethus spinipes

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.