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| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Itea virginica'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Itea virginica'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
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Common name: Virginia sweetspire
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
Common name: Virginia sweetspire
 
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Pollination===
 
===Pollination===
Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on ''Itea virginica'':
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The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Itea virginica'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
 
 
Apidae: Apis mellifera
 
  
Megachilidae: Megachile parallela
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Apidae: ''Apis mellifera''
  
Megachilidae: Megachile xylocopoides
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Megachilidae: ''Megachile parallela, M. xylocopoides''
  
Sphecidae: Bicyrtes quadrifasciata
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Sphecidae: ''Bicyrtes quadrifasciata''
  
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==
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Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

Revision as of 16:01, 6 August 2015

Itea virginica
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Rosales
Family: Grossulariaceae
Genus: Itea
Species: I. virginica
Binomial name
Itea virginica
L.
Itea virg dist.jpg
Natural range of Itea virginica from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Virginia sweetspire

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Itea virginica at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Apidae: Apis mellifera

Megachilidae: Megachile parallela, M. xylocopoides

Sphecidae: Bicyrtes quadrifasciata

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.