Difference between revisions of "Desmodium marilandicum"

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===Seed bank and germination===
 
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Can withstand areas with annual burns and winter burns (FSU Herbarium).
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Revision as of 15:24, 12 July 2015

Desmodium marilandicum
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae
Genus: Desmodium
Species: D. marilandicum
Binomial name
Desmodium marilandicum
(L.) DC.
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Natural range of Desmodium marilandicum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common Name: Smooth small-leaf ticktrefoil

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Is found in pine-oak-hickory woodlands, open, upland pine, dry ridges, and sandhills (FSU Herbarium). Is found in mostly human disturbed areas such as woodlands bordering the road, clearing in a live-oak woodland, cleaering between pineland and field, edge of mixed woods around a campground, sterile hillside, and abandoned fields (FSU Herbarium). Requires semi-shaded to open areas. Is associates with areas with loamy sand and clayey soil types (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Has been observed flowering from August through October (FSU Herbarium). Has been observed fruiting from September through November (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Can withstand areas with annual burns and winter burns (FSU Herbarium).

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes