Agrimonia incisa
| Agrimonia incisa | |
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| Photo by Atlas of Florida Plants Database | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicots |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Agrimonia |
| Species: | A. incisa |
| Binomial name | |
| Agrimonia incisa Torrey & A. Gray | |
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| Natural range of Agrimonia incisa from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
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Taxonomic Notes
Synonyms: none
Varieties: none
Description
A. incisa is a perennial forb in the family Roaceae native to North America [1]. It has tuberous roots and rhizomes, which measure from 2.25 cm to 3.2 cm wide [2]. Fruit is large and barbed, similar to all Agrimonia species [2].
Distribution
A. incisa is found in the Southeast United States, ranging from Texas to North Carolina. [1]
Ecology
Habitat
A. incisa occurs in sandhills and other upland pine communities.[3] However, the habitat can vary from mesic longleaf pine woodland to dry pine-oak woodland, and pine plantations <ref name= Sorrie Sorrie, B. A. and S. W. Leonard (1999). "Noteworthy records of Mississippi vascular plants." Sida 18(3): 889-908. </ref>.
Fire ecology
A. incisa occurs in frequently burned upland pine communities.
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
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References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 USDA Plants Database URL:https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=AGIN3
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 MacRoberts, M. H. and B. R. MacRoberts (1997). "The ecology of Agrimonia incisa Torrey & Gray (Rosaceae) in the West Gulf Coastal Plain." Phytologia 82: 114-128
- ↑ Coile, N. C. (2000). Notes on Florida �s Regulated Plant Index (Rule 5B-40), Botany Contribution No. 38, 3nd edition. Gainesville, Florida, Florida Deaprtment of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry.
