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Revision as of 07:47, 16 October 2015

Hypoxis juncea
Hypoxis juncea gil.jpg
Photo taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Hypoxis
Species: H. juncea
Binomial name
Hypoxis juncea
Sm.
HYPO JUNC dist.jpg
Natural range of Hypoxis juncea from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: fringed yellow star-grass

Taxonomic notes

Description

A description of Hypoxis juncea is provided in The Flora of North America. Hypoxis juncea is a perennial herbaceous species.

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

It is a longleaf pine flatwoods/ sandhill species.[1] However, it can also occur in disturbed areas, including grassy roadsides (FSU Herbarium). It prefers open, moist conditions in sandy or loamy soils (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Flowering and fruiting was observed in March through June (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

This species has been found in habitat that is maintained by frequent fire (FSU Herbarium). H. juncea appeared to have benefited from high fire frequencies in a study in 2003.[1] Observed H. juncea respouting at least 10 days after a fire that occurred in June of 1993.[2]

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Hypoxis juncea at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Halictidae: Augochlorella gratiosa, Lasioglossum nymphalis

Use by animals

Deyrup observed this bee, Dialictus nymnphalis, on H. juncea.[3] “…Hypoxis is one of the most important plants for quail, which occurred (resprouted) in the ranking only the first 1 or 2 months after fire.[4]

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.

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Karen MacClendon, R. Komarek, and Annie Schmidt. States and Counties: Florida: Calhoun, Jefferson, Liberty, and Wakulla. Georgia: Thomas.

  1. 1.0 1.1 Glitzenstein, J. S., D. R. Streng, et al. (2003). "Fire frequency effects on longleaf pine (Pinus palustris, P.Miller) vegetation in South Carolina and northeast Florida, USA." Natural Areas Journal 23: 22-37.
  2. Pavon, M. L. (1995). Diversity and response of ground cover arthropod communities to different seasonal burns in longleaf pine forests. Tallahassee, Florida A&M University.
  3. Deyrup, M. J. E., and Beth Norden (2002). "The diversity and floral hosts of bees at the Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)." Insecta mundi 16(1-3).
  4. Hughes, R. H. (1975). The native vegetation in south Florida related to month of burning. Asheville, NC, USDA Forest Service.