Difference between revisions of "Pediomelum canescens"

From Coastal Plain Plants Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
(References and notes)
Line 15: Line 15:
 
| binomial_authority = (Michx.) Rydb.
 
| binomial_authority = (Michx.) Rydb.
 
| range_map = PEDI_CANE_dist.jpg
 
| range_map = PEDI_CANE_dist.jpg
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Pediomelum canescens'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
+
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Pediomelum canescens'' from USDA NRCS [http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PECA25 Plants Database].
 
}}
 
}}
  

Revision as of 08:48, 16 October 2015

Pediomelum canescens
Insert.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae
Genus: Pediomelum
Species: P. canescens
Binomial name
Pediomelum canescens
(Michx.) Rydb.
PEDI CANE dist.jpg
Natural range of Pediomelum canescens from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: buckroot

Synonym: Psoralea canescens Michx.

Taxonomic notes

Description

Pediomelum canescens is a perennial herbaceous species with a bushy growth habit (FSU Herbarium) it grows 1 to 3 feet tall with loose spike of dark-blue flowers and 1 to 3 foliolate leaves (Graham 1941).

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

P. canescens occurs in sandy areas of the Coastal Plain (Graham 1941) such as longleaf pine-turkey oak sand ridge, secondary longleaf pine-turkey oak sand-hill ridge, longleaf pine-wiregrass sandridge, pine flatwoods, and open sandridges (FSU Herbarium).

Has been observed growing on drying sand besides roads in open pine-oak woodlands and dry sandy fields (FSU Herbarium).

Species associated include Serenoa repens, Quercus incana, Quercus chapmanii, Quercus laevis, Aristida, Andropogon, Onosmodium, bahia grass, and Diospyros (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Observed blooming May through October (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Seeds have been found in bobwhite stomachs (Graham 1941).

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: June 2014. Collectors: Robert Kral, Mabel Kral, O. Lakela, R.K. Godfrey, H. R. Reed, Loran C. Anderson, T. MacClendon, K. MacClendon, Cecil Slaughter, Travis Richardson, Steve L. Orzell, E. L. Bridges, A. F. Clewell, Sidney McDaniel, Raymond Athey, Richard D. Houk, Raymond Athey, R. A. Norris, R. Komarek, H. E. Ahles, J. Haesloop, J. R. Burkhalter, LK Kirkman, A. Gholson, D. Wolfe, Annie Schmidt, A. Johnson, and M. Jenkins. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Calhoun, Citrus, Clay, Dixie, Duval, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Hamilton, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Jackson, Leon, Madison, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Suwannee, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington. Georgia: Baker, Lowndes, and Thomas. North Carolina: Hoke. Alabama: Baldwin, Geneva, and Henry.

Graham, E. H. (1941). Legumes for erosion control and wildlife. Washington, USDA