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| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Croton michauxii'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Croton michauxii'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
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Common name: Michaux's croton
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
 
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Common name: Michaux's croton
 
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Pollination===
 
===Pollination===
Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on ''Croton michauxii'':
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The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Croton michauxii'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
 
 
Halictidae: Lasioglossum coreopsis
 
 
 
Halictidae: Lasioglossum lepidii
 
 
 
Halictidae: Lasioglossum nymphalis
 
 
 
Halictidae: Lasioglossum placidensis
 
 
 
Sphecidae: Cerceris blakei
 
 
 
Sphecidae: Cerceris tolteca
 
 
 
Sphecidae: Philanthus ventilabris
 
 
 
Sphecidae: Tachysphex similis
 
 
 
Vespidae: Microdynerus monolobus
 
 
 
Vespidae: Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus
 
  
Vespidae: Stenodynerus fundatiformis
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Halictidae: ''Lasioglossum coreopsis, L. lepidii, L. nymphalis, L. placidensis''
  
Vespidae: Stenodynerus histrionalis rufustus
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Sphecidae: ''Cerceris blakei, C. tolteca, Philanthus ventilabris, Tachysphex similis''
  
Vespidae: Stenodynerus lineatifrons
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Vespidae: ''Microdynerus monolobus, Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus, Stenodynerus fundatiformis, S. histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons''
  
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==
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Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

Revision as of 14:59, 5 August 2015

Croton michauxii
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Croton
Species: C. michauxii
Binomial name
Croton michauxii
G.L. Webster
Crot mich dist.jpg
Natural range of Croton michauxii from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Michaux's croton

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

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

Halictidae: Lasioglossum coreopsis, L. lepidii, L. nymphalis, L. placidensis

Sphecidae: Cerceris blakei, C. tolteca, Philanthus ventilabris, Tachysphex similis

Vespidae: Microdynerus monolobus, Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus, Stenodynerus fundatiformis, S. histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

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.