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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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| Photo by Mark A. Garland, hosted by the USDA-NRCS Plants Database | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae |
| Genus: | Dalea |
| Species: | D. feayi |
| Binomial name | |
| Dalea feayi (Chapm.) Barneby | |
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| Natural range of Dalea feayi from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: Feay's prairie clover
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Synonym: Petalostemon feayi Chapman
Description
D. feayi is a perennial species and is one of only four prairie clovers native to Florida [1][2]. It is erect and has a rounded growth[2].
Distribution
Found in the Florida peninsula and some areas in Georgia [2].
Ecology
Habitat
In the Coastal Plain in Florida, D. feayi can be found in pine/oak sandhills; open oak scrubs; thinly wooded longleaf pine/live oak ridges; and Pinus clausa/Ceratolia scrub with Sabal etonia and Bumelia lacuum (FSU Herbarium). It has been found in human impacted areas such as roadsides, recently planted citrus groves, disturbed xerophytic oak-sand pine scrubs, and bulldozed slash pine/oak scrub. It has been found growing in Paola (Spodic Quartzipsamments) soil (FSU Herbarium).
Associated species include Quercus chapmanii, Paronychia erecta, Calamintha coccinea, Liatris provincialis, Dalea feayi, Polygonella robusta, Heterotheca subaxillaris, Pityopsis, Licania michauxii, myrtle oak, and sand pine (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
Flowers March through September and fruits in September (FSU Herbarium).
Fire ecology
It is an obligate seeder and ha observed to revitalize following fire (Abrahamson and Abrahamson 1996).
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Dalea feayi at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Apidae: Bombus impatiens
Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens, Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Halictus poeyi, Lasioglossum nymphalis
Megachilidae: Anthidiellum perplexum, Anthidium maculifrons, Megachile brevis pseudobrevis, M. deflexa, M. inimica, M. petulans
Sphecidae: Bembix sayi, Bicyrtes capnoptera, Cerceris bicornuta, Isodontia exornata, Sphex dorsalis, Tachytes grisselli, T. pepticus
Vespidae: Stenodynerus fundatiformis, Zethus spinipes
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References and notes
Abrahamson, Warren G., and Christy R. Abrahamson. “Effects of Fire on Long-unburned Florida Uplands”. Journal of Vegetation Science 7.4 (1996): 565–574.
Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: October 2015. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Edwin L. Bridges, Jim Buckner, Steven P. Christman, George R. Cooley, R.K. Godfrey, Delzie Demaree, Robin B. Huck, Duane Isley, C. Jackson, Walter S. Judd, R. Kral, O. Lakela, Robert J. Lemaire, Sidney McDaniel, Julie Neel, Steve L. Orzell, James D. Ray Jr., Paul Redfearn, William Reese, Bob Simons, Victoria I. Sullivan, Steve Weaver, Don K. Wemple. States and Counties: Florida: Brevard, Franklin, Hernando, Highlands, Indian River, Marion, Polk, Putnam, St. Lucie, Wakulla. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
- ↑ [USDA Plants]Accessed: December 9, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 [Native Florida Wildflowers] Accessed: December 7, 2015
