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Common name: dwarf St. Johnswort <ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/>
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Common name: dwarf St. John's-wort,<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/> southern dwarf St. John's-wort, common dwarf St. John's-wort<ref name=weakley>Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
 
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==Taxonomic Notes==
 
==Taxonomic Notes==
Synonyms: ''Hypericum mutilum'' L. var. ''latisepalum'' Fernald; ''Hypericum mutilum'' L. var. ''parviflorum'' (Willd.) Fernald
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Synonyms: ''Hypericum mutilum'' ssp. ''latisepalum'' (Fernald) N. Robson; ''H. mutilum'' ssp. ''mutlum''<ref name=weakley>Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
  
Varieties: none
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Varieties: ''Hypericum mutilum'' L. ''var. latisepalum'' Fernald; ''Hypericum mutilum'' L. ''var. mutilum''<ref name=weakley/>
  
 
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''H. mutilum'' is an annual/perennial forb/herb native to Canada and North America and introduced in Hawaii. <ref name= "USDA Plant Database"> USDA Plant Database [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=HYMU https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=HYMU] </ref>
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''H. mutilum'' is an annual/perennial forb/herb native to Canada and North America and introduced in Hawaii.<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"> USDA Plant Database [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=HYMU https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=HYMU] </ref>
  
 
==Distribution==
 
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''H. mutilum'' is found in: the eastern half of the United States; Washington; California; the British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec regions of Canada; Hawaii. <ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/>
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''H. mutilum'' is found in the eastern half of United States, Washington, California, the British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Quebec regions of Canada; and Hawaii.<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/> It is also found in Central and South America as well as Europe.
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''H. mutilum'' ''var. latisepalum'' occurs from southeastern South Carolina south to peninsular Florida and west to Texas. Comparatively, ''H. mutilum'' var. ''mutilum'' is more widespread.<ref name=weakley/>  This variant's range extends from Newfoundland and Quebec to southern Florida and central Texas. It is scattered, likely as an adventive, throughout western North America, Central and South America, and Europe.<ref name=weakley/>
  
 
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''H. mutilum'' is found in bogs, fens, marshes, shores, and other wet habitats. <ref name= "Weakley 2015"> Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium. </ref> Specimens have been collected from shallow water of marsh area, moist loamy sand, floodplains, small pond depression, and edge of river. <ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, V. Craig, H. Roth, Bill Boothe, marcia Boothe, Leon Neel, R.K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, J.M. Kane, Annie Schmidt. States and counties: Florida (Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla) Georgia (Thoms, Grady) South Carolina (Georgetown) </ref>
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''H. mutilum'' is found in bogs, fens, marshes, shores, and other wet habitats, and ''H. mutilum'' var. ''latisepalum'' specifically can be found in marshes and other wet habitats.<ref name=weakley/> Specimens have been collected from shallow water of marsh area, moist loamy sand, floodplains, small pond depressions, and riparian areas.<ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, V. Craig, H. Roth, Bill Boothe, marcia Boothe, Leon Neel, R.K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, J.M. Kane, Annie Schmidt. States and counties: Florida (Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla) Georgia (Thoms, Grady) South Carolina (Georgetown) </ref> It grows best in partial shade.<ref>[[https://www.wildflower.org/plants/search.php?search_field=&newsearch=true]] Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Accessed: May 28, 2019</ref> The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service lists this plant as a facultative wetland species that is most often found in wetland habitats, but can occasionally be found in non-wetland habitats as well.<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/> A study on old-field succession of abandoned agriculture sites in central New Jersey observed ''Hypericum mutilum'' to grow seedlings during the early successional first year of agricultural abandonment.<ref name= "Leck">Leck, M. A. and C. F. Leck (1998). "A ten-year seed bank study of old field succession in central New Jersey." The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 125(1): 11-32.</ref>
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Associated species include ''Boehmeria'' sp., ''Triadenum'' sp., ''Carex longii'', ''Eryngium prostratum'', ''Paspalum'' sp., ''Chasmanthium'' sp., and ''Rhynchospora'' sp.<ref name= "FSU herbarium"/>
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''H. mutilum'' flowers April-July. <ref name= "PanFlora"> PanFlora Author: Gil Nelson URL: [http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/] Date Accessed: 5/22/18 </ref>
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Generally, ''H. mutilum'' flowers from June until October.<ref name=weakley/>  It has been observed flowering in April through July.<ref name= "PanFlora"> 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 </ref>
 
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One population of this plant was discovered at high densities at a constructed wetland site on a Delaware River tidal freshwater wetland.<ref>Leck, M. A. and C. F. Leck (2005). "Vascular plants of a Delaware River tidal freshwater wetland and adjacent terrestrial areas: Seed bank and vegetation comparisons of reference and constructed marshes and annotated species list." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132: 323-354.</ref> Another study found this species as a component of the seed bank at the bay habitat type on the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.<ref>Poiani, K. A. and P. M. Dixon (1995). "Seed banks of Carolina bays: potential contributions from surrounding landscape vegetation " American Midland Naturalist 134: 140-154 </ref> Regeneration or germination mainly occurs in non-flooded and exposed substrates rather than flooded substrates at sites on coastal plain pondshores in New York.<ref>Schneider, R. (1994). "The role of hydrologic regime in maintaining rare plant communities of New York's coastal plain pond shores." Biological Conservation 68: 253-260.</ref>
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''H. mutilum'' is not fire resistant and has low fire tolerance. <ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/>
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''H. mutilum'' is not fire resistant and has low fire tolerance.<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/>
 
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==Conservation and Management==
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
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This species is considered vulnerable in Quebec, imperiled in Wisconsin, critically imperiled in Nebraska and Prince Edward Island, and an exotic species in British Columbia.<ref>[[http://explorer.natureserve.org]] NatureServe Explorer. Accessed: May 28, 2019</ref>
  
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==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==

Latest revision as of 08:57, 2 June 2023

Common name: dwarf St. John's-wort,[1] southern dwarf St. John's-wort, common dwarf St. John's-wort[2]

Hypericum mutilum
Hypericum mutilum BM.jpg
Photo by John B
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Theales
Family: Clusiaceae
Genus: Hypericum
Species: H. mutilum
Binomial name
Hypericum mutilum
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HYPE MUTI DIST.JPG
Natural range of Hypericum mutilum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Hypericum mutilum ssp. latisepalum (Fernald) N. Robson; H. mutilum ssp. mutlum[2]

Varieties: Hypericum mutilum L. var. latisepalum Fernald; Hypericum mutilum L. var. mutilum[2]

Description

H. mutilum is an annual/perennial forb/herb native to Canada and North America and introduced in Hawaii.[1]

Distribution

H. mutilum is found in the eastern half of United States, Washington, California, the British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Quebec regions of Canada; and Hawaii.[1] It is also found in Central and South America as well as Europe.

H. mutilum var. latisepalum occurs from southeastern South Carolina south to peninsular Florida and west to Texas. Comparatively, H. mutilum var. mutilum is more widespread.[2] This variant's range extends from Newfoundland and Quebec to southern Florida and central Texas. It is scattered, likely as an adventive, throughout western North America, Central and South America, and Europe.[2]

Ecology

Habitat

H. mutilum is found in bogs, fens, marshes, shores, and other wet habitats, and H. mutilum var. latisepalum specifically can be found in marshes and other wet habitats.[2] Specimens have been collected from shallow water of marsh area, moist loamy sand, floodplains, small pond depressions, and riparian areas.[3] It grows best in partial shade.[4] The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service lists this plant as a facultative wetland species that is most often found in wetland habitats, but can occasionally be found in non-wetland habitats as well.[1] A study on old-field succession of abandoned agriculture sites in central New Jersey observed Hypericum mutilum to grow seedlings during the early successional first year of agricultural abandonment.[5]

Associated species include Boehmeria sp., Triadenum sp., Carex longii, Eryngium prostratum, Paspalum sp., Chasmanthium sp., and Rhynchospora sp.[3]

Phenology

Generally, H. mutilum flowers from June until October.[2] It has been observed flowering in April through July.[6]

Seed bank and germination

One population of this plant was discovered at high densities at a constructed wetland site on a Delaware River tidal freshwater wetland.[7] Another study found this species as a component of the seed bank at the bay habitat type on the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.[8] Regeneration or germination mainly occurs in non-flooded and exposed substrates rather than flooded substrates at sites on coastal plain pondshores in New York.[9]

Fire ecology

H. mutilum is not fire resistant and has low fire tolerance.[1]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

This species is considered vulnerable in Quebec, imperiled in Wisconsin, critically imperiled in Nebraska and Prince Edward Island, and an exotic species in British Columbia.[10]

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=HYMU
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. Edition of 20 October 2020. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  3. 3.0 3.1 URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, V. Craig, H. Roth, Bill Boothe, marcia Boothe, Leon Neel, R.K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, J.M. Kane, Annie Schmidt. States and counties: Florida (Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla) Georgia (Thoms, Grady) South Carolina (Georgetown)
  4. [[1]] Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Accessed: May 28, 2019
  5. Leck, M. A. and C. F. Leck (1998). "A ten-year seed bank study of old field succession in central New Jersey." The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 125(1): 11-32.
  6. 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
  7. Leck, M. A. and C. F. Leck (2005). "Vascular plants of a Delaware River tidal freshwater wetland and adjacent terrestrial areas: Seed bank and vegetation comparisons of reference and constructed marshes and annotated species list." Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132: 323-354.
  8. Poiani, K. A. and P. M. Dixon (1995). "Seed banks of Carolina bays: potential contributions from surrounding landscape vegetation " American Midland Naturalist 134: 140-154
  9. Schneider, R. (1994). "The role of hydrologic regime in maintaining rare plant communities of New York's coastal plain pond shores." Biological Conservation 68: 253-260.
  10. [[2]] NatureServe Explorer. Accessed: May 28, 2019