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Flowers August through November<ref name="eol">[[http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2012/11/tall-jointweed-polygonella-gracilis.html]]Encyclopedia of Life. Accessed: February 24, 2016</ref>. | Flowers August through November<ref name="eol">[[http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2012/11/tall-jointweed-polygonella-gracilis.html]]Encyclopedia of Life. Accessed: February 24, 2016</ref>. | ||
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The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Polygonum pinicola'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015): | The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Polygonum pinicola'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015): | ||
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Vespidae: ''Eumenes fraternus, E. smithii, Euodynerus castigatus rubrivestris, Leptochilus alcolhuus, L. republicanus, Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus fulvipes rufovestris, P. pedestris bifurcus, P. perennis anacardivora, P. salcularis rufulus, Polistes bellicosus, P. dorsalis hunteri, Stenodynerus beameri, S. fundatiformis, S. histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons, S. pulvinatus surrufus, Zethus slossonae, Z. spinipes'' | Vespidae: ''Eumenes fraternus, E. smithii, Euodynerus castigatus rubrivestris, Leptochilus alcolhuus, L. republicanus, Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus fulvipes rufovestris, P. pedestris bifurcus, P. perennis anacardivora, P. salcularis rufulus, Polistes bellicosus, P. dorsalis hunteri, Stenodynerus beameri, S. fundatiformis, S. histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons, S. pulvinatus surrufus, Zethus slossonae, Z. spinipes'' | ||
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Revision as of 13:01, 24 February 2016
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| Photo taken by Gil Nelson | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Polygonum |
| Species: | P. pinicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Polygonum pinicola Meisn. | |
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| Natural range of Polygonum pinicola from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: tall jointweed
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Synonym: Polygonella gracilis
Description
A description of Polygonum pinicola is provided in The Flora of North America.
Distribution
P. pinicola ranges from southeastern South Carolina throughout most of Florida and west to Mississippi[1].
Ecology
Habitat
Habitats of P. pinicola include sunny well-drained areas such as longleaf pine/palmetto/scrub oak associations, longleaf pine scrub oak ridges, and sandy roadsides[2]. It grows in loamy sand.
Phenology
Flowers August through November[3].
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Polygonum pinicola at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Colletidae: Colletes mandibularis, Colletes thysanellae, Hylaeus confluens
Halictidae: Augochlora pura, Augochloropsis anonyma, A. metallica, A. sumptuosa, Lasioglossum coreopsis, L. miniatulus, L. nymphalis, L. placidensis, Sphecodes heraclei
Leucospididae: Leucospis affinis, L. robertsoni, L. slossonae
Megachilidae: Anthidiellum notatum rufomaculatum, Heriades leavitti
Pompilidae: Anoplius marginalis, Episyron conterminus posterus, Evagetes parvus
Sphecidae: Anacrabro ocellatus, Cerceris blakei, C. flavofasciata floridensis, C. rufopicta, C. tolteca, Ectemnius rufipes ais, Isodontia exornata, Oxybelus emarginatus, O. laetus fulvipes, Philanthus politus, P. ventilabris, Tachysphex apicalis, T. similis
Vespidae: Eumenes fraternus, E. smithii, Euodynerus castigatus rubrivestris, Leptochilus alcolhuus, L. republicanus, Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus fulvipes rufovestris, P. pedestris bifurcus, P. perennis anacardivora, P. salcularis rufulus, Polistes bellicosus, P. dorsalis hunteri, Stenodynerus beameri, S. fundatiformis, S. histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons, S. pulvinatus surrufus, Zethus slossonae, Z. spinipes
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.
- ↑ Wilbur, R. L. (1988). "The Authority of the Binomial Polygonella gracilis (Polygonaceae)." Castanea 53(2): 167-168.
- ↑ Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: February 2016. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Wilson Baker, Robert K. Godfrey, R.A. Norris. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Franklin, Jackson, Liberty, Wakulla. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy
- ↑ [[1]]Encyclopedia of Life. Accessed: February 24, 2016
