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A description of ''Garberia heterophylla'' is provided in [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066796 The Flora of North America].
 
A description of ''Garberia heterophylla'' is provided in [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066796 The Flora of North America].
  
''G. heterophylla'' is a perennial species that reaches a height of 4 to 8 feet. The obovate leaves are alternately on the vertical stem <ref name="edis">[[https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fp221]] Accessed: December 11, 2015</ref>.
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''G. heterophylla'' is a perennial species that reaches a height of 4 to 8 feet. The obovate leaves are alternately on the vertical stem.<ref name="edis">[[https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fp221]] Accessed: December 11, 2015</ref>
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
It is native to Florida<ref name="edis"/>.
 
It is native to Florida<ref name="edis"/>.

Revision as of 10:09, 17 August 2016

Garberia heterophylla
Garb hete.jpg
Photo by Wayne Matchett, SpaceCoastWildflowers.com
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae
Genus: Garberia
Species: G. heterophylla
Binomial name
Garberia heterophylla
(W. Bartram) Merr. & F. Harper
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Natural range of Garberia heterophylla from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: garberia

Taxonomic notes

Synonym: Garberia fruticosa (Nuttall) A. Gray

Description

A description of Garberia heterophylla is provided in The Flora of North America.

G. heterophylla is a perennial species that reaches a height of 4 to 8 feet. The obovate leaves are alternately on the vertical stem.[1]

Distribution

It is native to Florida[1].

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida, G. heterophylla occurs in sand pine-oak scrub ridges. [2] Associated species includes Quercus virginiana and Pinus clausa. [2]

Phenology

Fruits November through December and flowers October through December. [2]

Seed dispersal

Seeds are dispersed by wind. [3]

Seed bank and germination

Smoke does not stimulate germination. [4]

Fire ecology

Carrington (1999) found G. heterophylla to be a strong resprouter post-fire, with a high percentage of individuals flowering. This study also found seedlings were established between 4 to 16 months post fire. This contradicts Weekley and Menges (2003), who found that survival was lower for burned individuals than for unburned individuals, suggesting G. heterophylla was a weak resprouter.

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Garberia heterophylla at Archbold Biological Station: [5]


Apidae: Bombus impatiens, Epeolus carolinus

Colletidae: Colletes mandibularis

Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens, Augochlora pura, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis metallica, Lasioglossum miniatulus, L. nymphalis, L. placidensis, Sphecodes heraclei

Megachilidae: Anthidiellum notatum rufomaculatum, Coelioxys sayi, Megachile albitarsis, M. mendica, M. pruina, M. xylocopoides

Sphecidae: Cerceris flavofasciata floridensis, Eremnophila aureonotata

Vespidae: Monobia quadridens, Pachodynerus erynnis, Stenodynerus fundatiformis, Zethus slossonae, Zethus spinipes

Conservation and management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Weekley, Carl W., and Eric S. Menges. “Species and Vegetation Responses to Prescribed Fire in a Long-unburned, Endemic-rich Lake Wales Ridge Scrub”. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 130.4 (2003): 265–282.

  1. 1.0 1.1 [[1]] Accessed: December 11, 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: October 2015. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, D. Burch, Colette Burger, William B. Fox, Angus Gholson, R.K. Godfrey, Chuck Hess, Richard D. Houk, O. Lakela, S.W. Leonard, K.M. Meyer, Elmer C. Prichard, A.G. Shuey, Victoria I. Sullivan, Robert F. Thorne, A. Townesmith,D.B. Ward, Erdman West. States and Counties: Florida: Lake, Manatee, Marion, Highlands, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Putnam, Volusia. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
  3. Carrington, M. E. (1999). "Post-fire seedling establishment in Florida sand pine scrub." Journal of Vegetation Science 10(3): 403-412.
  4. Lindon, H. L. and E. Menges (2008). "Scientific note: effects of smoke on seed germination of twenty species of fire-prone habitats in Florida." Castanea 73: 106-110.
  5. Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.