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| − | Synonyms: | + | Synonyms: ''P. difforme'' Le Conte; ''P. floridanum'' var. ''floridanum''; ''P. floridanum'' var. ''glabratum'' Engelmann ex Vasey; ''P. giganteum'' Baldwin ex Vasey |
Varieties: none | Varieties: none | ||
Revision as of 13:22, 27 June 2018
Common name: Florida paspalum [1]
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| Photo by Keith Bradley hosted at Atlas of Florida Plants | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Liliopsida - Moncots |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Paspalum |
| Species: | P. floridianum |
| Binomial name | |
| Paspalum floridanum Michx. | |
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| Natural range of Paspalum floridanum from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Contents
Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: P. difforme Le Conte; P. floridanum var. floridanum; P. floridanum var. glabratum Engelmann ex Vasey; P. giganteum Baldwin ex Vasey
Varieties: none
Description
P. floridanum is a perennial graminoid of the Poaceae family native to North America. [1]
Distribution
P. floridanum is found in the southeastern corner of the United States from Texas to New Jersey. [1]
Ecology
Habitat
P. floridanum proliferates in wet forests and pine savannas. [2] Specimens have been collected from disturbed roadside in pine-oak woodland, wet pine flatwoods and cypress depression, disturbed sandy field, longleaf pine stand, willow thicket, wiregrass savanna, pond-margin, marsh bank, mesic hammock, hardwood swamp, and sandy loam of hillside seepage. [3]
Phenology
P. floridanum flowers May-July and September. [4]
Conservation and Management
P. floridanum is listed as extirpated by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. [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=PAFL4
- ↑ 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: Loran C. Anderson, Cecil Slaughter, R.K. Godfrey, J.R> Burkhalter, D.W. Hall, R.A. Pursell, R.Kral, N.C. Henderson, Paul Redfearn, A.H. Curtiss, William Reese, Jean Wooten, A.F. Clewell, Gary Knight, David Hall, Dan Skean, F.C. Craighead, Ann Johnson, R. Komarek, R.A> Norris, J.S. McCorkle, Wilson Baker, T. MacClendon, Annie Achmidt, William Platt, John Nelson, Wade Biltoft. States and counties: Florida (Wakulla, Nassau, Flagler, Jefferson, Escambia, Leon, Gulf, Dixie, Volusia, Okaloosa, Walton, Jackson, Gadsden, Flageler, Holmes, Duval, Levy, Osceola, Calhoun) Georgia (Thomas, Grady) South Carolina (Berkeley)
- ↑ PanFlora Author: Gil Nelson URL: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Date Accessed: 5/24/18
