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| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Phytolacca americana'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Phytolacca americana'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
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Common name: American pokeweed
 
==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: American pokeweed
 
  
 
==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 ''Phytolacca americana'':
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The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Phytolacca americana'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Apidae: Bombus impatiens
 
 
 
Halictidae: Augochlora pura
 
 
 
Halictidae: Augochlorella striata
 
 
 
Halictidae: Augochloropsis metallica
 
 
 
Halictidae: Augochloropsis sumptuosa
 
 
 
Halictidae: Lasioglossum lepidii
 
 
 
Halictidae: Lasioglossum miniatulus
 
 
 
Halictidae: Lasioglossum nymphalis
 
 
 
Halictidae: Lasioglossum pectoralis
 
 
 
Halictidae: Lasioglossum placidensis
 
 
 
Halictidae: Lasioglossum puteulanum
 
 
 
Megachilidae: Heriades leavitti
 
 
 
Sphecidae: Ectemnius maculosus
 
 
 
Sphecidae: Ectemnius rufipes ais
 
  
Sphecidae: Isodontia exornata
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Apidae: ''Bombus impatiens''
  
Sphecidae: Oxybelus laetus fulvipes
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Halictidae: ''Augochlora pura, Augochlorella striata, Augochloropsis metallica, A. sumptuosa, Lasioglossum lepidii, L. miniatulus, L. nymphalis, L. pectoralis, L. placidensis, L. puteulanum''
  
Vespidae: Leptochilus alcolhuus
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Megachilidae: ''Heriades leavitti''
  
Vespidae: Leptochilus republicanus
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Sphecidae: ''Ectemnius maculosus, E. rufipes ais, Isodontia exornata, Oxybelus laetus fulvipes''
  
Vespidae: Polistes dorsalis hunteri
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Vespidae: ''Leptochilus alcolhuus, L. republicanus, Polistes dorsalis hunteri, Zethus slossonae''
  
Vespidae: Zethus slossonae
 
  
 
===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 08:51, 11 August 2015

Phytolacca americana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Phytolaccaceae
Genus: Phytolacca
Species: P. americana
Binomial name
Phytolacca americana
L.
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Natural range of Phytolacca americana from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: American pokeweed

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 Phytolacca americana at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Apidae: Bombus impatiens

Halictidae: Augochlora pura, Augochlorella striata, Augochloropsis metallica, A. sumptuosa, Lasioglossum lepidii, L. miniatulus, L. nymphalis, L. pectoralis, L. placidensis, L. puteulanum

Megachilidae: Heriades leavitti

Sphecidae: Ectemnius maculosus, E. rufipes ais, Isodontia exornata, Oxybelus laetus fulvipes

Vespidae: Leptochilus alcolhuus, L. republicanus, Polistes dorsalis hunteri, Zethus slossonae


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.