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| + | ''S. etonia'' only occurs naturally in the well drained sandy ridges in peninsular Florida<ref name="floridata"/>. It is distributed in Florida from Clay county south to Lake Okeechobee and then along the east coast south to Miami-Dade county<ref name="regional">[[http://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Sabaeton]]Regional Conservation. Accessed: March 15, 2016</ref>. | ||
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==Ecology== | ==Ecology== | ||
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| Photo by Shirley Denton (Copyrighted, use by photographer’s permission only), Nature Photography by Shirley Denton | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Arecales |
| Family: | Arecaceae ⁄ Palmae |
| Genus: | Sabal |
| Species: | S. etonia |
| Binomial name | |
| Sabal etonia Swingle ex Nash | |
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| Natural range of Sabal etonia from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: scrub palmetto
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
A description of Sabal etonia is provided in The Flora of North America.
S. etonia has a subterranean stem that is S-shaped or contorted, with the crown bud held below the soil surface[1]. This species resembles Serenoa repens, however, S. repens has a true palmate leaf with no midrib and sawlike teeth along the edges of the petiole[2].
Distribution
S. etonia only occurs naturally in the well drained sandy ridges in peninsular Florida[2]. It is distributed in Florida from Clay county south to Lake Okeechobee and then along the east coast south to Miami-Dade county[3].
Ecology
Habitat
In the Coastal Plain in Florida, Sabal etonia occurs in sand pine/oak scrubs (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Pinus clausa and Quercus ilicifolia (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Sabal etonia at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Apidae: Apis mellifera, Bombus pennsylvanicus, Epeolus floridensis, Mellisodes communis, Nomada fervida
Colletidae: Colletes distinctus, C. mandibularis, C. sp. A, Hylaeus confluens
Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis anonyma, A. metallica, Lasioglossum miniatulus, L. nymphalis, L. placidensis, Sphecodes heraclei
Megachilidae: Coelioxys sayi, Megachile albitarsis, M. brevis pseudobrevis, M. mendica, M. texana
Pompilidae: Paracyphonyx funereus
Sphecidae: Cerceris blakei, C. flavofasciata floridensis, Epinysson basilaris, Isodontia exornata, Oxybelus decorosum, Stictiella serrata
Vespidae: Euodynerus boscii boharti, Leptochilus alcolhuus, Mischocyttarus cubensis, Monobia quadridens, Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus bicornis, P. salcularis rufulus, Stenodynerus beameri, S. oculeus
Use by animals
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: November 2015. Collectors: K.M. Meyer, A. Townesmith. States and Counties: Florida: Putnam. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
