Difference between revisions of "Gaylussacia tomentosa"
Rwagner914 (talk | contribs) |
|||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Gaylussacia tomentosa'' from USDA NRCS [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=GATO5 Plants Database]. | | range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Gaylussacia tomentosa'' from USDA NRCS [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=GATO5 Plants Database]. | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | Common Name(s): hairytwig huckleberry<ref name="USDA">USDA, NRCS. (2016). The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 20 November 2017). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.</ref>, hairy dangleberry<ref name="Weakley 2015">Weakley A. S.(2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.</ref> | ||
| + | |||
==Taxonomic Notes== | ==Taxonomic Notes== | ||
| − | ==Description== | + | Synonym(s): ''G. frondosa'' var. ''tomentosa'';<ref name="USDA"/><ref name="Weakley 2015"/> ''Decachaena tomentosa''<ref name="Weakley 2015"/> |
| − | <!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. --> | + | |
| + | ==Description== <!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. --> | ||
| + | ''G. tomentosa'' is a dioecious perennial shrub.<ref name="USDA"/> It grows low and spreads locally via underground stems. Leaves are 2.5-7 cm (1-2.8 in) long, leathery, oblong or elliptic, and obtuse and apiculate at the apex. Pedicels are 1-1.5 cm (0.39-0.59 in) long and the calyx is glabrous and about 3.5 mm (0.14 in) wide. It is typically found in sandy soils.<ref name="Small 1897">Small J. K. (1897). Shrubs and trees of the southern states. –II. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 24(9):437-445.</ref> | ||
| + | |||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Its primary distribution extends north from central peninsular Florida to Central Georgia and southern South Carolina and westward to southwestern Alabama.<ref name="USDA"/><ref name="Weakley 2015"/> Occurrences have also been reported in a southern county of North Carolina and a northern county in Georgia.<ref name="USDA"/> | ||
| + | |||
==Ecology== | ==Ecology== | ||
===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ||
| − | < | + | This species inhabits pine flatwoods, sandhills, and xeric coastal fringe sandhills.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/> |
| + | |||
| + | ===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ||
| + | ''G. tomentosa'' flowers from March through May.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/><ref name="PanFlora">Nelson G. (20 December 2017) PanFlora. Retrieved from gilnelson.com/PanFlora/</ref> Fruits mature afterwards from June through August<ref name="Weakley 2015"/><ref name="Small 1897"/> | ||
<!--===Seed dispersal===--> | <!--===Seed dispersal===--> | ||
<!--===Seed bank and germination===--> | <!--===Seed bank and germination===--> | ||
| − | + | ||
| + | ===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses--> | ||
| + | In Osceola National Forest, Florida, a burn frequency of 2 years yielded the greatest coverage of ''G. tomentosa'', although it remained present in the 1 and 4 year treatments as well.<ref>Glitzenstein J. S., Streng D. R., and Wade D. D. (2003). Fire frequency effects on longleaf pine (''Pinus palustris'' P. Miller) vegetation in South Carolina and northeast Florida, USA. Natural Areas Journal 23(1):22-37</ref> | ||
<!--===Pollination===--> | <!--===Pollination===--> | ||
<!--===Use by animals===--> <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.--> | <!--===Use by animals===--> <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.--> | ||
Revision as of 07:53, 20 December 2017
| Gaylussacia tomentosa | |
|---|---|
| |
| Photo by the [ Atlas of Alabama Plants Database] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicots |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Gaylussacia |
| Species: | G. tomentosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Gaylussacia tomentosa (A. Gray) | |
| |
| Natural range of Gaylussacia tomentosa from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common Name(s): hairytwig huckleberry[1], hairy dangleberry[2]
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonym(s): G. frondosa var. tomentosa;[1][2] Decachaena tomentosa[2]
Description
G. tomentosa is a dioecious perennial shrub.[1] It grows low and spreads locally via underground stems. Leaves are 2.5-7 cm (1-2.8 in) long, leathery, oblong or elliptic, and obtuse and apiculate at the apex. Pedicels are 1-1.5 cm (0.39-0.59 in) long and the calyx is glabrous and about 3.5 mm (0.14 in) wide. It is typically found in sandy soils.[3]
Distribution
Its primary distribution extends north from central peninsular Florida to Central Georgia and southern South Carolina and westward to southwestern Alabama.[1][2] Occurrences have also been reported in a southern county of North Carolina and a northern county in Georgia.[1]
Ecology
Habitat
This species inhabits pine flatwoods, sandhills, and xeric coastal fringe sandhills.[2]
Phenology
G. tomentosa flowers from March through May.[2][4] Fruits mature afterwards from June through August[2][3]
Fire ecology
In Osceola National Forest, Florida, a burn frequency of 2 years yielded the greatest coverage of G. tomentosa, although it remained present in the 1 and 4 year treatments as well.[5]
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 USDA, NRCS. (2016). The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 20 November 2017). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Weakley A. S.(2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Small J. K. (1897). Shrubs and trees of the southern states. –II. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 24(9):437-445.
- ↑ Nelson G. (20 December 2017) PanFlora. Retrieved from gilnelson.com/PanFlora/
- ↑ Glitzenstein J. S., Streng D. R., and Wade D. D. (2003). Fire frequency effects on longleaf pine (Pinus palustris P. Miller) vegetation in South Carolina and northeast Florida, USA. Natural Areas Journal 23(1):22-37
