Solidago arguta

Solidago arguta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class:	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae
Genus:	Solidago
Species:	S. arguta
Binomial name
Solidago arguta Aiton
Natural range of Solidago arguta from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Atlantic goldenrod

Description

A description of Solidago arguta is provided in The Flora of North America.

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, S. arguta can be found in remnants of natural Quercus hemisphaerica and Carya glabra woods; pine-oak-hickory woods; pine flatwoods; upland submesic woodlands; open pine woodlands on sandy ridges; along margins of magnolia-beech woodlands; dry loam sand of pinewoods; upland mixed woodlands; lakesides; in shade of mature hardwood forests; mature mesic hardwoods; slopes of sinkholes; annually burned closed canopy of pine-hardwoods; and upland pinewoods (FSU Herbarium). In disturbed habitats it can be found in undergrowth controlled hardwood hammocks; disturbed open pine-oak woodlands; roadside depressions; clay roadside bank near waste dump; pastures; dirt roads; and power line corridors. Substrates include sand, loam, humus, limerock, sandy loam, loamy sand, and clay (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Quercus hemisphaerica, Carya glabra, Quercus muehlenbergii, Cornus florida, Nyssa sylvatica, Ostrya, Magnolia grandiflora, and Pinus taeda (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

It has been documented flowering February through December and fruiting February through November (FSU Herbarium).

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: Collectors: States and Counties: Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.