Difference between revisions of "Euphorbia discoidalis"
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| − | + | It likes sandy soils as well as disturbance. Kral (1983) says that it appears to have increased because of disturbance: "Areas in various stages of site preparation have an abundance which continues until the crowns of plantation pine close."<ref name="Kral 1983"/> It is found in open sandy woodlands; it is most common in longleaf pine-deciduous scrub oak woods and oak-hickory-pine uplands wherever the soils are sandy. It is also found in sandy clearings, and sandhills.<ref name="Kral 1983"/>. ''Euphorbia discoidalis'' is restricted to native groundcover with a statistical affinity in upland pinelands of South Georgia (Ostertag and Robertson 2007). | |
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===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ||
It flowers from late August to frost.<ref name="Kral 1983"/> | It flowers from late August to frost.<ref name="Kral 1983"/> | ||
Revision as of 19:38, 30 June 2015
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Euphorbiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Euphorbia |
| Species: | E. discoidalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Euphorbia discoidalis Chapm. | |
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| Natural range of Euphorbia discoidalis from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Description
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
It likes sandy soils as well as disturbance. Kral (1983) says that it appears to have increased because of disturbance: "Areas in various stages of site preparation have an abundance which continues until the crowns of plantation pine close."[1] It is found in open sandy woodlands; it is most common in longleaf pine-deciduous scrub oak woods and oak-hickory-pine uplands wherever the soils are sandy. It is also found in sandy clearings, and sandhills.[1]. Euphorbia discoidalis is restricted to native groundcover with a statistical affinity in upland pinelands of South Georgia (Ostertag and Robertson 2007).
Phenology
It flowers from late August to frost.[1]
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
– It responds positively to fire. Kral (1983) writes "In naturally stocked uplands it increases as a result of woods fires which reduce competing woody vegetation." [1]
