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==Description==  
 
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Gymnopogon brevifolius
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae ⁄ Gramineae
Genus: Gymnopogon
Species: G. brevifolius
Binomial name
Gymnopogon brevifolius
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Natural range of Gymnopogon brevifolius from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: shortleaf skeletongrass

Taxonomic notes

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

This species is found on longleaf pine sandhills, open wiregrass-pinewoods savannas, mesic pine flatwoods, palmetto-wiregrass-longleaf pine woodlands, pine barrens, and mixed woodlands (FSU Herbarium). They occur on dry and moist sandy loam in these environments as well as human disturbed habitats such as along back roads (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

It has been observed to flower and fruit in January, April, September through October, and December (FSU Herbarium). It also flowers in August.[1]

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Comprised deer diets more in the summer than in the winter.[2]

Diseases and parasites

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, Trina Mitchell, James R. Burkhalter, A. H. Curtiss, R. Kral, R.K. Godfrey, W. A. Silveus, and Carolyn Kindell. States and Counties: Florida: Calhoun, Duval, Franklin, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington. Georgia: Grady.

  1. Flint, C. L. (1887). Grasses and forage plants: a practical treatise comprising their natural history; comparative nutritive value; methods of cultivating, cutting, and curing. Boston, MA, Lee and Shepard Publishers.
  2. Thill, R. E. (1983). Deer and cattle forage selection on Louisiana pine-hardwood sites. New Orleans, LA, USDA Forest Service.