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This species has been found in open, well-drained wiregrass-pine flatwoods and interdune swales growing on both dry and moist sands (FSU Herbarium). Observed species in sandhill longleaf pine habitat that has 1 to 3 year fire return intervals. Also seen near cypress pond, about 1 to 2 feet from water’s edge of Pebble Hill Plantation C plots. (Michelle M. Smith – early summer 2014 and 2015).''P. nana'' has also been found growing along the sides of highways and in the wetlands of clear cut areas (FSU Herbarium).
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This species has been found in open, well-drained wiregrass-pine flatwoods and interdune swales growing on both dry and moist sands (FSU Herbarium). Observed species in sandhill longleaf pine habitat that has 1 to 3 year fire return intervals. Also seen near a cypress pond, about 1 to 2 feet from water’s edge of Pebble Hill Plantation C plots. (Michelle M. Smith – early summer 2014 and 2015).''P. nana'' has also been found growing along the sides of highways and in the wetlands of clear cut areas (FSU Herbarium).
  
 
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===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->

Revision as of 07:34, 6 October 2015

Polygala nana
Polygala nana Gil.jpg
Photo taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Polygalales
Family: Polygalaceae
Genus: Polygala
Species: P. nana
Binomial name
Polygala nana
(Michx.) DC.
POLY NANA dist.jpg
Natural range of Polygala nana from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: candyroot

Taxonomic notes

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

This species has been found in open, well-drained wiregrass-pine flatwoods and interdune swales growing on both dry and moist sands (FSU Herbarium). Observed species in sandhill longleaf pine habitat that has 1 to 3 year fire return intervals. Also seen near a cypress pond, about 1 to 2 feet from water’s edge of Pebble Hill Plantation C plots. (Michelle M. Smith – early summer 2014 and 2015).P. nana has also been found growing along the sides of highways and in the wetlands of clear cut areas (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Flowers in April (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: July 2015. Collectors: : Loran C. Anderson, Leon Neel, R. A. Norris, Robert K. Godfrey, Walter Kittredge, R. Komarek, Lisa Keppner. States and Counties: Florida: Franklin, Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla, Washington. Georgia: Grady, Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.