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Revision as of 08:23, 18 February 2016

Persea humilis
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Photo by Shirley Denton (Copyrighted, use by photographer’s permission only), Nature Photography by Shirley Denton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Persea
Species: P. humilis
Binomial name
Persea humilis
Nash
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Natural range of Persea humilis from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: silk bay

Taxonomic notes

Also called scrub bay[1].

Description

A description of Persea humilis is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

P. humilis is limited to the scrubs of the Florida peninsula[1].

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

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

Colletidae: Colletes brimleyi, C. nudus

Halictidae: Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis metallica

Sphecidae: Bicyrtes quadrifasciata, Cerceris fumipennis

Vespidae: Euodynerus apopkensis, Polistes metricus, Pseudodynerus quadrisectus

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.

  1. 1.0 1.1 [[1]] Floridata Accessed: February 20, 2016