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Revision as of 14:11, 15 October 2015

Eragrostis refracta
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae
Genus: Eragrostis
Species: E. refracta
Binomial name
Eragrostis refracta
(Muhl.) Scribn.
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Natural range of Eragrostis refracta from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Coastal lovegrass

Taxonomic notes

Description

Weakley states that some authors have taken up the older name E. virginica, as a synonym for E. refracta, but the application of synonymy is uncertain (Weakley 2015).

Distribution

It is distributed from Deleware south to Florida, and west to Texas (Weakley 2015).

Ecology

Habitat

Is found in open Longleaf pine woods, open woodlands (FSU Herbarium) and in pineland, savannas, bogs and seeds, and marshes (Weakley 2015). Is also found along the roadside edges (FSU Herbarium). Requires high light levels (FSU Herbarium). Is associated with areas with dry sand or dry, loamy sand soil types (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

has been observed flowering and fruiting from September to November (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, J. M. Kane, Cindi Stewart, - MacClendons, and Annie Schmidt. States and Counties: Florida: Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty, and Suwannee. Georgia: Thomas.

Weakley, Alan S. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States: Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU). PDF. 406.