Aureolaria pedicularia

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Aureolaria pedicularia
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Aureolaria
Species: A. pedicularia
Binomial name
Aureolaria pedicularia
((L.) Raf.
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Natural range of Aureolaria pedicularia from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Distribution

Ecology

It is a root parasite on red and black oaks. Musselman found that in all of several thousand seedlings, development was halted without attachment to a host.[1]

Habitat

Considered a dominant species in sand dunes.[2]

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Germination occurs after cold treatment at 4.5 degrees Celsius for 5 months.[1]

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

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References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Musselman, L. J. (1969). "Observations on the life history of Aureolaria grandiflora and Aureolaria pedicularia (Scrophulariaceae)." American Midland Naturalist 82: 307-311.
  2. Leicht-Young, S. A., N. B. Pavlovic, et al. (2009). "A comparison of seed banks across a sand dune successional gradient at Lake Michigan dunes (Indiana, USA)." Plant Ecology 202: 299-308.