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This species has been observed to have several main branches near the base (FSU Herbarium).
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This species has been observed to have several main branches near the base<ref name="fsu">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R. A. Norris, Andre F. Clewell, Robert K. Godfrey, Steve L. Orzell, R. Komarek and Helen Roth. States and Counties: Florida: Gadsden, Liberty, and Wakulla. Georgia: Decatur, Grady, and Thomas.</ref>.
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==

Revision as of 13:38, 12 April 2016

Ceanothus microphyllus
Ceanothus microphyllus Gil.jpg
Photo by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Rhamnales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Ceanothus
Species: C. microphyllus
Binomial name
Ceanothus microphyllus
Michx.
CARP CORY dist.jpg
Natural range of Ceanothus microphyllus from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: littleleaf buckbrush

Taxonomic notes

Description

This species has been observed to have several main branches near the base[1].

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

This species has been found in open longleaf pine-wiregrass savannahs, ridges, slopes, and wetlands (FSU Herbarium). It has been observed to grow in well-drained dry loamy sands in the uplands as well as mesic environments (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Pinus palustris and Aristida stricta (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

According to Kay Kirkman, a plant ecologist, this species disperses by explosion mechanisms or by ants. [2]

Fire ecology

This species occurs in mature longleaf pine communities that are frequently burned (FSU Herbarium).

Conservation and Management

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: Loran C. Anderson, R. A. Norris, Andre F. Clewell, Robert K. Godfrey, Steve L. Orzell, R. Komarek and Helen Roth. States and Counties: Florida: Gadsden, Liberty, and Wakulla. Georgia: Decatur, Grady, and Thomas.

  1. Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R. A. Norris, Andre F. Clewell, Robert K. Godfrey, Steve L. Orzell, R. Komarek and Helen Roth. States and Counties: Florida: Gadsden, Liberty, and Wakulla. Georgia: Decatur, Grady, and Thomas.
  2. Kay Kirkman, unpublished data, 2015.