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Common name is hammock snakeroot.
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Ageratina jucunda is endemic to the southeastern United States, only known to occur in Florida and a few counties in Georgia. <ref name="Natureserve"> Natureserve http://www.natureserve.org/, accessed 15 May 2015. </ref>
 
Ageratina jucunda is endemic to the southeastern United States, only known to occur in Florida and a few counties in Georgia. <ref name="Natureserve"> Natureserve http://www.natureserve.org/, accessed 15 May 2015. </ref>

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Ageratina jucunda
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae
Genus: Ageratina
Species: A. jucunda
Binomial name
Ageratina jucunda
(Greene) Clewell & Woot.
AGER JUCU dist.jpg
Natural range of Ageratina jucunda from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common name is hammock snakeroot.

Distribution

Ageratina jucunda is endemic to the southeastern United States, only known to occur in Florida and a few counties in Georgia. [1]

Ecology

Habitat

Sand pine scrub, longleafpine-turkey oak sand ridges, pine-palmetto, live-oak woods, hammocks, dunes, roadsides, old fields, stream banks, dry flatwoods.[2] It is xeric to dry-mesic habitats, including sand pine scrub, longleaf pine-turkey oak. It can also occur along roadsides, in abandoned fields where such habitats used to occur. Ageratina jucunda becomes threatened by habitat loss and fire suppression.[1]

Phenology

It is perennial. [3][2]

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Long-term fire management important for survival. [1]

Pollination

Use by animals

Stephanie Sanchez observed a Malachite butterfly feeding on a snakeroot flower.[4]

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

References and notes

Photo Gallery

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Natureserve http://www.natureserve.org/, accessed 15 May 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Flora of North America http://floranorthamerica.org/, accessed 15 May 2015.
  3. USDA NRCS National Plant Data team http://plants.usda.gov/java/,accessed 15 May 2015.
  4. http://butterflies.heuristron.net/plants/ageratinaJucunda.html, accessed 15 May 2015).