Difference between revisions of "Gaylussacia tomentosa"
| Line 30: | Line 30: | ||
==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"/> | + | This species inhabits pine flatwoods, sandhills, and xeric coastal fringe sandhills.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/> It is also listed by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service as a facultative upland species, where it is most often found in upland non-wetland habitats but can occasionally be found in wetland habitats.<ref name= "USDA"/> |
===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/ --> | ||
Revision as of 14:05, 17 May 2019
| 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 (Linnaeus) Torrey & A. Gray ex Torrey var. tomentosa A. Gray;[1][2] Decachaena tomentosa (Pursh ex Small) Small[2]
Description
G. tomentosa is a dioecious perennial shrub that is a member of the Ericaceae family.[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] It is also listed by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service as a facultative upland species, where it is most often found in upland non-wetland habitats but can occasionally be found in wetland habitats.[1]
Phenology
G. tomentosa has been observed to flower 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 fire interval 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 1.5 USDA, NRCS. (2016). The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 20 December 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. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 20 DEC 2017
- ↑ 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
