Difference between revisions of "Crotalaria rotundifolia"

From Coastal Plain Plants Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
Line 37: Line 37:
 
==Conservation and Management==
 
==Conservation and Management==
 
==Cultivation and restoration==
 
==Cultivation and restoration==
 +
==Photo Gallery==
 
==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==
==Photo Gallery==
 

Revision as of 12:32, 10 June 2015

Crotalaria rotundifolia
Insert.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae
Genus: Crotalaria
Species: C. rotundifolia
Binomial name
Crotalaria rotundifolia
Walter ex J.F. Gmel.
CROT ROTU dist.jpg
Natural range of Crotalaria rotundifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Distribution

Ecology

It is a nitrogen-fixing legume.[1] In a study by Davis, it was discovered that C. rotundifolia had higher mortality and less biomass in high carbon dioxide plots, suggesting that not all species will perform well as global carbon dioxide levels rise.[2]

Habitat

It’s a common associate in longleaf pine savannas.[2] It can also be found in sandhill communities.[3]

Phenology

It has a broad, bimodal flowering phenology with peaks in early April and late fall.[4] Perennial herbaceous legume.[2]

Seed dispersal

Seeds are forcefully expelled after the fruit matures and dries, and ants act as the main dispersal agents. The ballistic dispersal distance was found to be around .94 meters.[3]

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Its reproduction is robust to burn treatments and season of burn.[4]

Pollination

Use by animals

Caterpillars are often found consuming C. rotundifolia. Ants, especially Pogonomyrmex badius, help disperse the seeds long distances.[3]

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Runion, G. B., M. A. Davis, et al. (2006). "Effects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide on biomass and carbon accumulation in a model regenerating longleaf pine community." Journal of Environmental Quality 35: 1478-1486.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Davis, M. A., S. G. Pritchard, et al. (2002). "Elevated atmospheric CO2 affects structure of a model regenerating longleaf pine community." Journal of Ecology 90: 130-140.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Stamp, N. E. and J. R. Lucas (1990). "Spatial patterns and dispersal distances of explosively dispersing plants in Florida sandhill vegetation." Journal of Ecology 78: 589-600.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Hiers, J. K., R. Wyatt, et al. (2000). "The effects of fire regime on legume reproduction in longleaf pine savannas: is a season selective?" Oecologia 125: 521-530.