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''C. highlandsensis'' is endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge and is found in sandpine scrubs, scrubby flatwoods, and turkey oak/longleaf communities.<ref name="Archbold"/><ref name="UF">[[https://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/scripts/dbs/herbs_project/herbsproject/herbs_pub_proc.asp?accno=77470&famsys=A&output_style=Report_type&trys=2 University of Florida Herbarium]]Accessed: December 4, 2015</ref> It has been found in historically and chronically disturbed habitats like highway medians<ref name="UF"/> <ref>University of Florida Herbarium Database. URL: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/herbarium. Last accessed: May 2021. Collectors: Anne Cox and Heather Loring. States and counties: Florida: Polk.</ref> and has been observed to have a high survival rate after hurricanes.<ref>Menges, E. S., C. W. Weekley, et al. (2011). "Effects of Hurricanes on Rare Plant Demography in Fire-Controlled Ecosystems." Biotropica 43(4): 450-458.</ref> Associated species include ''Lechea cernua, Polygonella basiramia, Selaginella arenicola'', and ''Liatris tenuifolia.''<ref name="UF"/>
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''C. highlandsensis'' is endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge and is found in sandpine scrubs, scrubby flatwoods, and turkey oak/longleaf communities.<ref name="Archbold"/><ref name="UF">[[https://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/scripts/dbs/herbs_project/herbsproject/herbs_pub_proc.asp?accno=77470&famsys=A&output_style=Report_type&trys=2 University of Florida Herbarium]]Accessed: December 4, 2015</ref> It has been found in historically and chronically disturbed habitats like highway medians.<ref name="UF"/> <ref>University of Florida Herbarium Database. URL: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/herbarium. Last accessed: May 2021. Collectors: Anne Cox and Heather Loring. States and counties: Florida: Polk.</ref> It has also been observed to have a high survival rate after hurricanes.<ref>Menges, E. S., C. W. Weekley, et al. (2011). "Effects of Hurricanes on Rare Plant Demography in Fire-Controlled Ecosystems." Biotropica 43(4): 450-458.</ref> Associated species include ''Lechea cernua, Polygonella basiramia, Selaginella arenicola'', and ''Liatris tenuifolia.''<ref name="UF"/>
  
 
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Revision as of 09:27, 20 May 2021

Chrysopsis highlandsensis
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Photo by Bobby Hattaway, Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae
Genus: Chrysopsis
Species: C. highlandsensis
Binomial name
Chrysopsis highlandsensis
DeLaney & Wunderlin
CHRY HIGH dist.jpeg
Natural range of Chrysopsis highlandsensis from Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

Common name: Highlands goldenaster

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: none.[1]

Varieties: none.[1]

Description

C. highlandsensis is a perennial species with a short taproot and a basal rosette that shoots up a lanate flowering stem.[2]

Distribution

It is endemic to central peninsular Florida.[3]

Ecology

Habitat

C. highlandsensis is endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge and is found in sandpine scrubs, scrubby flatwoods, and turkey oak/longleaf communities.[2][4] It has been found in historically and chronically disturbed habitats like highway medians.[4] [5] It has also been observed to have a high survival rate after hurricanes.[6] Associated species include Lechea cernua, Polygonella basiramia, Selaginella arenicola, and Liatris tenuifolia.[4]

Phenology

It is a semelparous species, usually flowering the third year of life. Yellow composite flowers appear November and December.[2]

Seed dispersal

The fruit is a composite achene with a pappus modified for wind dispersal.[2]

Seed bank and germination

It has been found to divide by rhizomes, tubers, corms, and bulbs.[7] It has been observed to produce a limited persistent soil seed bank.[2]

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Chrysopsis highlandsensis at Archbold Biological Station:[8]

Andrenidae: Andrena fulvipennis

Apidae: Bombus impatiens

Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens, Lasioglossum miniatulus, Lasioglossum nymphalis

Megachilidae: Megachile brevis pseudobrevis, Megachile mendica

Conservation and management

Global Conservation Status: G2.[9]

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 [Archbold Biological Station]Accessed: December 4, 2015
  3. Weakley, Alan S. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States: Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU). PDF. 1102.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 [University of Florida Herbarium]Accessed: December 4, 2015
  5. University of Florida Herbarium Database. URL: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/herbarium. Last accessed: May 2021. Collectors: Anne Cox and Heather Loring. States and counties: Florida: Polk.
  6. Menges, E. S., C. W. Weekley, et al. (2011). "Effects of Hurricanes on Rare Plant Demography in Fire-Controlled Ecosystems." Biotropica 43(4): 450-458.
  7. [Dave's Garden]Accessed: December 4, 2015
  8. Deyrup, M.A. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowering plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
  9. [NatureServe]Accessed: December 4, 2015