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==Ecology==
 
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===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.-->
 
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Viola palmata was found to be extremely vulnerable to disturbance. It occurred in greater abundance in natural longleaf stands than planted longleaf stands (Kirkman et al 2004). It can be found in longleaf pine-wiregrass savanna communities (Kirkman et al 2004).
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''Viola palmata'' was found to be extremely vulnerable to disturbance. It occurred in greater abundance in natural longleaf stands than planted longleaf stands (Kirkman et al 2004). It can be found in longleaf pine-wiregrass savanna communities (Kirkman et al 2004).
 
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===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->
 
It is a summer forb (Kirkman et al 2004).
 
It is a summer forb (Kirkman et al 2004).

Revision as of 10:39, 13 August 2015

Viola palmata
Viola palmata Gil.jpg
Photo was taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Violales
Family: Violaceae
Genus: Viola
Species: V. palmata
Binomial name
Viola palmata
L. (pro sp.)
Viol palm dist.jpg
Natural range of Viola palmata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: early blue violet

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Viola palmata was found to be extremely vulnerable to disturbance. It occurred in greater abundance in natural longleaf stands than planted longleaf stands (Kirkman et al 2004). It can be found in longleaf pine-wiregrass savanna communities (Kirkman et al 2004).

Phenology

It is a summer forb (Kirkman et al 2004).

Seed dispersal

It is a myrmecochorous (ant-dispersed) species (Kirkman et al 2004). However, it can also be dispersed explosively (Kirkman et al 2004).

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

Viola palmata 2012 Wade Tract.JPG

References and notes

Kirkman, L. K., K. L. Coffey, et al. (2004). "Ground cover recovery patterns and life-history traits: implications for restoration obstacles and opportunities in a species-rich savanna." Journal of Ecology 92: 409-421.