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===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.--> | ||
| − | ''L. ligustrina'' is found in pocosins, seepage bogs, mountain bogs, shrub balds, bottomlands, other moist to wet habitats, and "dry" exposed ridges at high elevations. <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> | + | ''L. ligustrina'' is found in pocosins, seepage bogs, mountain bogs, shrub balds, bottomlands, other moist to wet habitats, and "dry" exposed ridges at high elevations. <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> Specimens have been collected from wet woodland along streams, swampy woodland, pine flatwoods, cypress swamp, and low wet savanna. <ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: R.K. Godfrey, Angus Gholson, Wilson Baker, Cecil Slaughter, S.W. Leonard, Robert SImmons, Jim Bickner, R.D. Houk, Elmer Prichard, Mary Margaret Williams, Sidney McDaniel, R.A. Norris, R. Komarek, William Platt. States and counties: Florida (Liberty, Hamilton, Volusia, Wakulla, Jefferson, Orange, Lake, Marion, Walton, Polk, Taylor, Leon,Duval, Osceola, Santa Rosa, Washington) Georgia (Thomas)</ref> |
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ||
''L. ligustrina'' flowers March-May. <ref name= "PanFlora"> PanFlora Authro: Gil Nelson URL: [http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/] Date Accessed: 5/24/18 </ref> | ''L. ligustrina'' flowers March-May. <ref name= "PanFlora"> PanFlora Authro: Gil Nelson URL: [http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/] Date Accessed: 5/24/18 </ref> | ||
Revision as of 07:50, 26 June 2018
Common name: maleberry [1], he-huckleberry [2]
| Lyonia ligustrina | |
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| Photo by the Southeastern Flora Database | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicots |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Lyonia |
| Species: | L. ligustrina |
| Binomial name | |
| Lyonia ligustrina L. | |
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| Natural range of Lyonia ligustrina from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: Arsenococcus frondosus (Pursh) Small; Xolisma foliosiflora (Michaux) Small
Varieties: Lyonia ligustrina (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle var. ligustrina
Description
L. ligustrina is a perennial shrub of the Ericaceae family native to North America. [1]
Distribution
L. ligustrina is found along the southeastern coast of the United States from Texas to Virginia and North Carolina. [1]
Ecology
Habitat
L. ligustrina is found in pocosins, seepage bogs, mountain bogs, shrub balds, bottomlands, other moist to wet habitats, and "dry" exposed ridges at high elevations. [2] Specimens have been collected from wet woodland along streams, swampy woodland, pine flatwoods, cypress swamp, and low wet savanna. [3]
Phenology
L. ligustrina flowers March-May. [4]
Conservation and Management
L. ligustrina is listed as possibly extirpated by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Natural Areas and Preserves. [1]
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LYLIF
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
- ↑ URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: R.K. Godfrey, Angus Gholson, Wilson Baker, Cecil Slaughter, S.W. Leonard, Robert SImmons, Jim Bickner, R.D. Houk, Elmer Prichard, Mary Margaret Williams, Sidney McDaniel, R.A. Norris, R. Komarek, William Platt. States and counties: Florida (Liberty, Hamilton, Volusia, Wakulla, Jefferson, Orange, Lake, Marion, Walton, Polk, Taylor, Leon,Duval, Osceola, Santa Rosa, Washington) Georgia (Thomas)
- ↑ PanFlora Authro: Gil Nelson URL: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Date Accessed: 5/24/18
