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Revision as of 07:30, 6 July 2015

Lygodesmia aphylla
Lygodesmia aphylla MS.jpg
Photo taken by Michelle M. Smith
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae
Genus: Lygodesmia
Species: L. aphylla
Binomial name
Lygodesmia aphylla
(Nutt.) DC.
LYGO APHY dist.jpg
Natural range of Lygodesmia aphylla from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common name: rose rush

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Florida scrub community (Archbold Biological Station)(Deyrup et al 2002).

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on Lygodesmia aphylla:

Halictidae: Augochlorella aurata

Use by animals

Deyrup observed this bee, Augochlorella aurata, on L. aphylla (Deyrup et al 2002). Fire ants are not interested in the seeds of L. aphylla (Cumberland et al. 2013).

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Cumberland, M. S. and L. K. Kirkman (2013). "The effects of the red imported fire ant on seed fate in the longleaf pine ecosystem." Plant Ecology 214: 717-724.

Deyrup, M. J. E., and Beth Norden (2002). "The diversity and floral hosts of bees at the Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)." Insecta mundi 16(1-3)