Hypoxis juncea

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Hypoxis juncea
Hypoxis juncea gil.jpg
Photo taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Genus: Hypoxis
Species: H. juncea
Binomial name
Hypoxis juncea
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HYPO JUNC dist.jpg
Natural range of Hypoxis juncea from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common Name: fringed yellow star-grass

Hypoxis juncea is a perennial herbaceous species.

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

It is a dry flatwoods/ sandhill species.[1]

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

H. juncea appeared to have benefited from high fire frequencies in a study in 2003.[1] Observed H. juncea respouting at least 10 days after a fire that occurred in June of 1993.[2]

Pollination

Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on Hypoxis juncea

Halictidae: Augochlorella gratiosa

Halictidae: Lasioglossum nymphalis

Use by animals

Deyrup observed this bee, Dialictus nymnphalis, on H. juncea.[3] “…Hypoxis is one of the most important plants for quail, which occurred (resprouted) in the ranking only the first 1 or 2 months after fire.[4]

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

Hypoxis juncea 2017-07-17 PH (1).JPG

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, Karen MacClendon, R. Komarek, and Annie Schmidt.

States and Counties: Florida: Calhoun, Jefferson, Liberty, and Wakulla. Georgia: Thomas.

  1. 1.0 1.1 Glitzenstein, J. S., D. R. Streng, et al. (2003). "Fire frequency effects on longleaf pine (Pinus palustris, P.Miller) vegetation in South Carolina and northeast Florida, USA." Natural Areas Journal 23: 22-37.
  2. Pavon, M. L. (1995). Diversity and response of ground cover arthropod communities to different seasonal burns in longleaf pine forests. Tallahassee, Florida A&M University.
  3. Deyrup, M. J. E., and Beth Norden (2002). "The diversity and floral hosts of bees at the Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)." Insecta mundi 16(1-3).
  4. Hughes, R. H. (1975). The native vegetation in south Florida related to month of burning. Asheville, NC, USDA Forest Service.