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Revision as of 13:15, 23 May 2019

Common Names: bedstraw St. Johnswort [1]

Hypericum galioides
Hypericum galioides AFP.jpeg
Photo by the Atlas of Florida Plants
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida - Moncots or Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Theales
Family: Clusiaceae
Genus: Hypericum galioides
Species: H. galioides
Binomial name
Hypericum galioides
Lam.
HYPE GALI DIST.JPG
Natural range of Hypericum galioides from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: H. ambiguum Elliott

Description

G. galioides is a perennial subshrub in the Clusiaceae family that is native to North America. [1]

Distribution

H. galioides is found throughout the southeastern United States, specifically in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. [1]

Ecology

Habitat

H. galioides is commonly found in wet pine savannas and flatwoods, pools, edges of bottomlands. [2], and lowlands. [3] Specimens of the species have been collected from habitats including edge of swampy woods, moist loamy sands near a vernal pool, low wet swale in a prescribed fire pine region, pine plantation, oak hammock, and longleaf pine savanna. [4] It is listed by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service as an obligate wetland species that is almost exclusively found in wetland habitats.[1]

Associated species include Cyrilla parviflora, Salix humilis, Cephalanthus occidentalis, Saccharum sp., Dichanthelium scoparium, Smilax rotundifolia, Proserpinaca pectinata, Hypericum crux-andreae, and others.[4]

Phenology

H. galioides generally flowers from June until August.[2] It has been observed flowering in May and June. [5]

Seed bank and germination

This species was not found in the seed bank even though herbaceous vegetation was found in longleaf pine sites.[6]

Fire ecology

H. galioides has been observed in areas that are frequently burned.[4]

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 USDA Plant Database
  2. 2.0 2.1 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  3. Brockway, D. G. and C. E. Lewis (1997). "Long-term effects of dormant-season prescribed fire on plant community diversity, structure and productivity in a longleaf pine wiregrass ecosystem." Forest Ecology and Management 96: 167-183.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran Anderson, R.K. Godfrey, R.A. Norris, R.F. Doren, R.Komarek, William Platt, Cecil Slaughter, Palmer Kinser, Richard Carter, W. Baker. States and counties: Florida (Wakulla, Levy, Calhoun, Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Baker, St. Johns, Gulf) Georgia (Decatur, Thomas) Louisiana (Beauregard)
  5. Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 22 MAY 2018
  6. Cohen, S., et al. (2004). "Seed bank viability in disturbed longleaf pine sites." Restoration Ecology 12: 503-515.