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''A. incisa is a perennial forb in the family Roaceae native to North America <ref name= ''USDA Plants''> USDA Plants Database URL:https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=AGIN3</ref>.
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''A. incisa is a perennial forb in the family Roaceae native to North America <ref name= ''USDA Plants''> USDA Plants Database URL:https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=AGIN3</ref>. It has tuberous roots and rhizomes, which measure from 2.25 cm to 3.2 cm wide <ref name= ''MacRoberts''> MacRoberts, M. H. and B. R. MacRoberts (1997). "The ecology of Agrimonia incisa Torrey & Gray (Rosaceae) in the West Gulf Coastal Plain." Phytologia 82: 114-128 </ref>. Fruit is large and barbed, similar to all ''Agrimonia'' species <ref name= ''MacRoberts''/>.
  
 
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Revision as of 08:56, 16 May 2018

Agrimonia incisa
Agrimonia incisa AFP.jpg
Photo by Atlas of Florida Plants Database
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Agrimonia
Species: A. incisa
Binomial name
Agrimonia incisa
Torrey & A. Gray
AGRI INCI DIST.JPG
Natural range of Agrimonia incisa from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: none

Varieties: none

Description

A. incisa is a perennial forb in the family Roaceae native to North America [1]. It has tuberous roots and rhizomes, which measure from 2.25 cm to 3.2 cm wide [2]. Fruit is large and barbed, similar to all Agrimonia species [2].

Distribution

A. incisa is found in the Southeast United States, ranging from Texas to North Carolina. [1]

Ecology

Habitat

A. incisa occurs in sandhills and other upland pine communities.[3]

Fire ecology

A. incisa occurs in frequently burned upland pine communities.

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 USDA Plants Database URL:https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=AGIN3
  2. 2.0 2.1 MacRoberts, M. H. and B. R. MacRoberts (1997). "The ecology of Agrimonia incisa Torrey & Gray (Rosaceae) in the West Gulf Coastal Plain." Phytologia 82: 114-128
  3. Coile, N. C. (2000). Notes on Florida �s Regulated Plant Index (Rule 5B-40), Botany Contribution No. 38, 3nd edition. Gainesville, Florida, Florida Deaprtment of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry.