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| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Persea humilis'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Persea humilis'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
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Common name: silk bay
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
Common name: silk bay
 
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Pollination===
 
===Pollination===
Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on ''Persea humilis'':
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The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Persea humilis'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
 
 
Colletidae: Colletes brimleyi
 
 
 
Colletidae: Colletes nudus
 
 
 
Halictidae: Augochlorella aurata
 
 
 
Halictidae: Augochloropsis metallica
 
 
 
Sphecidae: Bicyrtes quadrifasciata
 
  
Sphecidae: Cerceris fumipennis
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Colletidae: ''Colletes brimleyi, C. nudus''
  
Vespidae: Euodynerus apopkensis
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Halictidae: ''Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis metallica''
  
Vespidae: Polistes metricus
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Sphecidae: ''Bicyrtes quadrifasciata, Cerceris fumipennis''
  
Vespidae: Pseudodynerus quadrisectus
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Vespidae: ''Euodynerus apopkensis, Polistes metricus, Pseudodynerus quadrisectus''
  
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==
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Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

Revision as of 08:27, 11 August 2015

Persea humilis
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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

Description

Distribution

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.