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| Photo by Dennis Girard, Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants | |
| 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. | |
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| Natural range of Ageratina jucunda from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common names: Hammock snakeroot; Small leaf Thoroughwort
Contents
Taxomomic notes
Synonym: Eupatorium jucundum Greene
Description
A description of Ageratina jucunda is provided in The Flora of North America. A. jucunda is a perennial. It is common in all of Florida; flowers from fall to winter[1].
Distribution
Ageratina jucunda is endemic to the southeastern United States, only known to occur in Florida and a few counties in Georgia. [2]
Ecology
Habitat
This species is found in a wide variety of habitat types including longleaf pine-saw palmetto, dunes, rocky environments, old fields, ecotone from scrub oak sand ridge to shrub bog, stream banks, dry flatwoods[3], pine scrubs, and longleaf pine-turkey oak sand ridges. It can also occur along roadsides and in abandoned fields[2], phosphate quarries in hardwoods, alongside paved roads, rocky plantation pastures, and edges of field tracks[4]. Soils include drying loamy sand with sandy, damp, and rich humus soils. This species thrives in environments with moderate shade to high light conditions.
Associated species incldues Solidago stricta, Sabal palmetto, Serenoa repens, Quercus virginiana, Quercus laurifolia, E. petaloideum, Thelypteris, Woodwardia, Arnoglossum diversifolium, Quercus laevis, Liatris tenuifolia, Pityopsis graminifolia, Liatris elegans, Pinus palustris and, Aristida stricta[4].
Phenology
It is perennial[5][3]. It has been observed flowering August through October and January and fruiting August through December[4].
Fire ecology
A. jucunda is an associate species of longleaf pine and wiregrass communities that are dependent on periodic fires to maintain the integrity and productivity. Fire suppression can cause ideal habitat loss and therefore a loss of populations of A. jucunda[2].
Use by animals
Malachite butterflies have been observed feeding on A. jucunda[6]
Conservation and Management
Ageratina jucunda becomes threatened by habitat loss and fire suppression[2].
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Jame Amoroso, Bian Tan, John B. Nelson, O. Lakela, J. P. Gillespie, Robert K. Godfrey, Robert L. Lazor, John Lazor, W. G. D'Arcy, Robert Kral, Elmer C. Prichard, Andre F. Clewell, Loran C. Anderson, K. Craddock Burks, H. S. Conard, E. Bell, and Jean W. Wooten. States and Counties: Florida: Columbia, Volusia, Hillsborough, Marion, Taylor, Alachua, Sarasota, Sumter, Polk, Citrus, St. Johns, Leon, Hernando, Jefferson, Suwanee, and Levy.
Hall, David W. Illustrated Plants of Florida and the Coastal Plain: based on the collections of Leland and Lucy Baltzell. 1993. A Maupin House Book. Gainesville. 98. Print.
Wunderlin, Richard P. and Bruce F. Hansen. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida. Second edition. 2003. University Press of Florida: Gainesville/Tallahassee/Tampa/Boca Raton/Pensacola/Orlando/Miami/Jacksonville/Ft. Myers. 295. Print.
- ↑ Hall, David W. Illustrated Plants of Florida and the Coastal Plain: based on the collections of Leland and Lucy Baltzell. 1993. A Maupin House Book. Gainesville. 98. Print.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Natureserve http://www.natureserve.org/, accessed 15 May 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Flora of North America http://floranorthamerica.org/, accessed 15 May 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Jame Amoroso, Bian Tan, John B. Nelson, O. Lakela, J. P. Gillespie, Robert K. Godfrey, Robert L. Lazor, John Lazor, W. G. D'Arcy, Robert Kral, Elmer C. Prichard, Andre F. Clewell, Loran C. Anderson, K. Craddock Burks, H. S. Conard, E. Bell, and Jean W. Wooten. States and Counties: Florida: Columbia, Volusia, Hillsborough, Marion, Taylor, Alachua, Sarasota, Sumter, Polk, Citrus, St. Johns, Leon, Hernando, Jefferson, Suwanee, and Levy.
- ↑ USDA NRCS National Plant Data team http://plants.usda.gov/java/,accessed 15 May 2015.
- ↑ [accessed 15 May 2015].
