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Common name: spotted sandmat
 
Common name: spotted sandmat

Revision as of 12:31, 15 October 2015

Euphorbia maculata
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species: E. maculata
Binomial name
Euphorbia maculata
(L.) Small
CHAM MACU dist.jpg
Natural range of Euphorbia maculata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: spotted sandmat

Synonym: Chamaesyce maculata L.

Taxonomic notes

Description

Euphorbia maculata is a weedy annual herbaceous plant. It tends to grow low to the ground and somewhat repent (FSU Herbarium).

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

E. maculata prefers moist to wet sandy soils like alluvial sands, moist loamy or clayey sand, and coarse calcareous gravelly soils (FSU Herbarium). It is found in a variety of natural and disturbed community types, including pine flatwoods, sand dunes, river banks, open shorelines, and near brackish marshes (FSU Herbarium). Disturbed habitat includes railways, citrus furrows, cracks in pavement, roadside ditches, and recently clear-cut, site prepared and planted slash pine flatwoods (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

It has been observed flowering and fruiting in September (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: L. C. Anderson, D. Hall, R. K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, L. Neel, R. A. Norris, A. Schmidt, and C. R. Slaughter. States and Counties: Florida: Calhoun, Collier, Franklin, Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Polk, Taylor, and Wakulla. Geogia: Camden, Clinch, Glynn, and Thomas.