Lactuca graminifolia
| Lactuca graminifolia | |
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| Photo by Wayne Matchett,SpaceCoastWildflowers.com | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae |
| Genus: | Lactuca |
| Species: | L. graminifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Lactuca graminifolia Michx. | |
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| Natural range of Lactuca graminifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: grassleaf lettuce
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
A description of Lactuca graminifolia is provided in The Flora of North America. This species is abundant where found (FSU Herbarium).
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
This species is found in pine flatwoods, evergreen scrub oak sand ridges, fallow fields, bordering swamps, and longleaf pine-wiregrass pinelands (FSU Herbarium). Also found in disturbed areas, Lactuca graminifolia has also been observed to grow along roadsides, near campgrounds, around parking compounds, and within moist, sphagnum-filled ditches (FSU Herbarium). It grows in dry, loamy sands as well as moist, grassy areas in open light conditions (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
This species has been observed flowering from March through July and in October (FSU Herbarium). It has also been observed fruiting from May through June and in October (FSU Herbarium).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
It is found in patches of degraded longleaf pine sandhill after burn and control (no burn) treatments.[1]
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Lactuca graminifolia at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Halictidae: Halictus poeyi
Megachilidae: Dianthidium floridiense
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: Loran C. Anderson, Lisa Keppner, Ed Keppner, Paul L. Redfearn, Jr., Robert K. Godfrey, Grady W. Reinert, Richard S. Mitchell, Gwynn W. Ramsey, H.L. Stripling, James R. Burkhalter, S.W. Leonard, L. Baltzell, D.B. Ward, D. Burch, S.G. Shelter, Kevin Oakes, R. Komarek, R.A. Norris, John B. Nelson, Travis MacClendon, and Karen MacClendon. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, CalhounColumbia, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Hernando, Jackson, Jefferson , Lake, Liberty, Leon, Levy, Madison, Marion, Okaloosa, Orange, Pasco, Polk, Taylor, and Wakulla. Georgia: Grady and Thomas.
- ↑ Heuberger, K. A. and F. E. Putz (2003). "Fire in the suburbs: ecological impacts of prescribed fire in small remnants of longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) sandhill." Restoration Ecology 11: 72-81.
