Lyonia fruticosa

Lyonia fruticosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class:	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Lyonia
Species:	L. fruticosa
Binomial name
Lyonia fruticosa (Michx.) G.S. Torr.
Natural range of Lyonia fruticosa from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: coastal plain staggerbush

Description

A description of Lyonia fruticosa is provided in The Flora of North America.

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, L. fruticosa has occurred in pine flatwoods, pine-oak scrubs, pine/saw palmetto flats, Cyrilla swamps, cypress-gum swamps, shrub bogs, upland xeric sand pine/sand live oak communities, depression marshes, shore hammock, and mesic hardwood hammocks. It has been observed growing in abandoned dumps and slash pine plantations (FSU Herbarium). Substrates include loamy sand and white sand (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Lyonia lucida, Ilex glabra, Myrica cerifera, Aronia, Sarracenia minor, Rhododendron, Kalmia, Hypericum, Serenoa repens, Agalinis and Sphagnum (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Flowers and fruits March through December (FSU Herbarium).

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Lyonia fruticosa at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Apidae: Bombus impatiens

Colletidae: Colletes banksi, C. distinctus, C. productus, C. sp. A

Halictidae: Augochloropsis sumptuosa

Sphecidae: Stictia carolina

Vespidae: Monobia quadridens

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: Collectors: States and Counties: Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.