Asimina angustifolia
| Asimina angustifolia | |
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| photo by Gil Nelson | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Asimina |
| Species: | A. angustifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Asimina angustifolia Raf. | |
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| Natural range of Asimina angustifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: Slimleaf pawpaw
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Synonyms: Asimina longifolia Kral var. longifolia; Pityothamnus angustifolius (Rafinesque) Small
Varieties: none
Description
A description of Asimina angustifolia is provided in The Flora of North America.
Distribution
It is found in southeastern Georgia to central peninsular of Florida to the west towards the Suwannee River.[1]
Ecology
Habitat
Habitats include dry, well drained pinelands[1] and sandhills, flatwoods, and scrub habitats in partial shade.[2][3] Specifically it is found in frequently burned longleaf pine-wiregrass uplands (Ultisols) and longleaf wiregrass sandhills (Entisols) in north Florida and southern Georgia. Asimina angustifolia is predominately in the native groundcover with a statistical affinity in upland pinelands of South Georgia.[4] This species has also been found to be growing along roadsides.[3]
Associated species includes Phlox floridana, Stillingia sylvatica, Lactuca graminifolia, Stylosanthes biflora, Erigeron strigosa, Baptisia lanceolata, Hedyotis crassifolia, Pterocauloon undulatum, Asclepias humistrata, Quercus hemisphaerica and other.[3]
Phenology
A. angustifolia flowers from spring to summer and has been observed to flower in January and May to July in north Florida.[2][5]
Kevin Robertson has observed this species flower within three months of burning. KMR
Seed dispersal
This species is thought to be dispersed by consumption by vertebrates. [6]
Fire ecology
This species has been seen in burned and fire excluded areas[3]. Resprouts and flowers within two months of burning. KMR
Diseases and parasites
Susceptible to leaf blotch, eye spot, and other fungal diseases.[7]
Conservation and management
It requires frequent fire and protection from soil disturbance.
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
Asimina angustifolia Photo by Kevin Robertson
References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weakley, Alan S. Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States: Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU). PDF. 134.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wunderlin, Richard P. and Bruce F. Hansen. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida. Third edition. 2011. University Press of Florida: Gainesville/Tallahassee/Tampa/Boca Raton/Pensacola/Orlando/Miami/Jacksonville/Ft. Myers. 258. Print.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: L. C. Anderson, R. K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, A. Schmidt, and Robert S. Blaisdell. States and Counties: Florida: Gadsden, Lafayette, Leon, and Wakulla. Georgia: Baker and Thomas.
- ↑ Ostertag, T.E., and K.M. Robertson. 2007. A comparison of native versus old-field vegetation in upland pinelands managed with frequent fire, South Georgia, USA. Pages 109–120 in R.E. Masters and K.E.M. Galley (eds.). Proceedings of the 23rd Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference: Fire in Grassland and Shrubland Ecosystems.
- ↑ 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: 7 DEC 2016
- ↑ Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.
- ↑ [[1]]Garden Geek. Accessed: March 31, 2016
