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Ostertag, T.E., and K.M. Robertson. 2007. A comparison of native versus old-field vegetation in upland pinelands managed with frequent fire, South Georgia, USA. Pages 109–120 in R.E. Masters and K.E.M. Galley (eds.). Proceedings of the 23rd Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference: Fire in Grassland and Shrubland Ecosystems.

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Euphorbia discoidalis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Euphorbiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species: E. discoidalis
Binomial name
Euphorbia discoidalis
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Natural range of Euphorbia discoidalis from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

It likes sandy soils as well as disturbance. Kral (1983) says that it appears to have increased because of disturbance: "Areas in various stages of site preparation have an abundance which continues until the crowns of plantation pine close."[1] It is found in open sandy woodlands; it is most common in longleaf pine-deciduous scrub oak woods and oak-hickory-pine uplands wherever the soils are sandy. It is also found in sandy clearings, and sandhills.[1]. Euphorbia discoidalis is restricted to native groundcover with a statistical affinity in upland pinelands of South Georgia (Ostertag and Robertson 2007).

Phenology

It flowers from late August to frost.[1]

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

– It responds positively to fire. Kral (1983) writes "In naturally stocked uplands it increases as a result of woods fires which reduce competing woody vegetation." [1]

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

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References and notes

Ostertag, T.E., and K.M. Robertson. 2007. A comparison of native versus old-field vegetation in upland pinelands managed with frequent fire, South Georgia, USA. Pages 109–120 in R.E. Masters and K.E.M. Galley (eds.). Proceedings of the 23rd Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference: Fire in Grassland and Shrubland Ecosystems.

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kral, R. (1983). Euphorbia discoidalis Chapman. A report on some rare, threatened or endangered forest-related vascular plants of the South. R. Kral. Atlanta, USDA Forest Service, Paper 228: 701-705.