Eupatorium mohrii
| Eupatorium mohrii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae |
| Genus: | Eupatorium |
| Species: | E. mohrii |
| Binomial name | |
| Eupatorium mohrii Greene | |
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| Natural range of Eupatorium mohrii from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: Mohr's thoroughwort
Contents
Description
A description of Eupatorium mohrii is provided in The Flora of North America.
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
It does well in open canopy areas on longleaf pine habitats. Does not do well in highly disturbed areas (such as clear cutting)[1] It is found areas that have become wet in some parts of the year such as in slash pine flatwoods, hammocks, near creeks, pond-pine scrubs, peaty pine savannas, wet flatwwods, swampy depressions between sand ridges, pine-palmetto flatwoods, upper edges of hilldside bogs, edges of titi bogs, swales and dunes, and in river floodplains (FSU Herbarium). It is also found in human disturbed areas such as pinelands that have been clear cut, along roadside depressions, embankments, edges of an artificial pond, and in powerline corridors (FSU Herbarium). It is associated with areas that have moist soil, moist sandy peaty soil, semi-wet soil, muckly aulluvium soils, and moist sandy clay (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
Native, perennial herb in longleaf pine stands.[2] It has been observed flowering from June to October (FSU Herbarium).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Eupatorium mohrii at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Apidae: Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens
Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens, Halictus poeyi
Leucospididae: Leucospis robertsoni, L. slossonae
Megachilidae: Coelioxys mexicana, Dianthidium floridiense, Megachile albitarsis
Sphecidae: Bicyrtes capnoptera, B. insidiatrix, Cerceris blakei, Philanthus ventilabris, Prionyx thomae, Tachytes pepticus, T. validus
Vespidae: Pachodynerus erynnis
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: R.K. Godfrey, Loran C. Anderson, A. F. Clewell, Clarke Hudson, R.L. Lazor, J. P. Gillespie, D. S. Correll, P. L. Redfearn, Jr., Sid McDaniel, J. Lazor, Jean W. Wooten, V. I. Sullivan, J. Britten, B. K. Holst, Cruz, Montero, C. Jackson, R. Kral, Roomie Wilson, B F Hansen, JoAnn Hansen, Carol Havlik, Ann F. Johnson, Chet Winegarner, Marsha Winegarner, S. C. Hood, R. A. Norris, R. Komarek, and Annie Schmidt. States and Counties:Florida: Bay, Brevard, Citrus, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Flagler, Franklin, Gulf, Hamilton, Holmes, Jefferson, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Martin, Okaloosa, Putnam, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, St. John’s, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington. Georgia: Atkinson, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Decatur, Echols, Grady, Thomas, and Ware.
- ↑ Brockway, D. G. and C. E. Lewis (2003). "Influence of deer, cattle grazing and timber harvest on plant species diversity in a longleaf pine bluestem ecosystem." Forest Ecology and Management 175: 49-69.
- ↑ Harrington, T. B. (2011). "Overstory and understory relationships in longleaf pine plantations 14 years after thinning and woody control." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 41: 2301-2314.
