Difference between revisions of "Andropogon arctatus"
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It is found in moist, sunny, low grass-sedge clearings and open pine flatwood and savanna communities.<ref name="Kral et al 1983"/>. It is found in dry to wet loamy sands and sand pine scrub environments (Wunderlin and Hansen 2003, FSU Herbarium). | It is found in moist, sunny, low grass-sedge clearings and open pine flatwood and savanna communities.<ref name="Kral et al 1983"/>. It is found in dry to wet loamy sands and sand pine scrub environments (Wunderlin and Hansen 2003, FSU Herbarium). | ||
Associated species include slash pine, longleaf pine, wiregrass; ''Hypericum chapmanii, Ilex myrtifolia'', and others (FSU Herbarium). | Associated species include slash pine, longleaf pine, wiregrass; ''Hypericum chapmanii, Ilex myrtifolia'', and others (FSU Herbarium). | ||
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It flowers from late September to frost.<ref name="Kral et al 1983"/> It has been observed fruiting from October through November (FSU Herbarium). | It flowers from late September to frost.<ref name="Kral et al 1983"/> It has been observed fruiting from October through November (FSU Herbarium). | ||
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It is maintained by fire. <ref name="Kral et al 1983">Kral, R. (1983). Andropogon arctatus Chapm. A report on some rare, threatened or endangered forest-related vascular plants of the South. R. Kral. Atlanta, GA, USDA Forest Service, Paper 183: 40-43.</ref> flowers in fall only after fire the same year.[[annjohnson]]<ref>ann johnson black creek bog phenological data 1993-2015</ref> | It is maintained by fire. <ref name="Kral et al 1983">Kral, R. (1983). Andropogon arctatus Chapm. A report on some rare, threatened or endangered forest-related vascular plants of the South. R. Kral. Atlanta, GA, USDA Forest Service, Paper 183: 40-43.</ref> flowers in fall only after fire the same year.[[annjohnson]]<ref>ann johnson black creek bog phenological data 1993-2015</ref> | ||
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==Conservation and Management== | ==Conservation and Management== | ||
Revision as of 10:15, 2 March 2016
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| Photo by Ann Johnson, Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Liliopsida – Monocotyledons |
| Order: | Cyperales |
| Family: | Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae |
| Genus: | Andropogon |
| Species: | A. arctatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Andropogon arctatus Chapm. | |
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| Natural range of Andropogon arctatus from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common names: Pinewoods Bluestem
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Synonym: A. arctatus Chapman
Description
It is a perennial (Hall 1978). This species grows scattered throughout the habitat but is very abundant (FSU Herbarium).
Distribution
It is occasionally found in northern and central peninsula of Florida; central and western panhandle (Wunderlin and Hansen 2003).
Ecology
Habitat
It is found in moist, sunny, low grass-sedge clearings and open pine flatwood and savanna communities.[1]. It is found in dry to wet loamy sands and sand pine scrub environments (Wunderlin and Hansen 2003, FSU Herbarium).
Associated species include slash pine, longleaf pine, wiregrass; Hypericum chapmanii, Ilex myrtifolia, and others (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
It flowers from late September to frost.[1] It has been observed fruiting from October through November (FSU Herbarium).
Fire ecology
It is maintained by fire. [1] flowers in fall only after fire the same year.annjohnson[2]
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 K. Godfrey, Ann F. Johnson, Debbie White, Loran C. Anderson, A. F. Clewell, Christopher Campbell, Angus Gholson, Dennis Hardin, and Ann F. Johnson. States and Counties: Florida: Franklin, Liberty, Jackson, Gulf, Bay, Leon, and Calhoun. Georgia: Liberty.
Hall, David Walter. The Grasses of Florida. 1978. University of Florida – Dissertation. 442. Print.
Wunderlin, Richard P. and Bruce F. Hansen. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida. Second edition. 2003. University Press of Florida: Gainesville/Tallahassee/Tampa/Boca Raton/Pensacola/Orlando/Miami/Jacksonville/Ft. Myers. 177. Print.
