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===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ||
| − | This species can be found in sandy soils in open fields, open bogs, and longleaf pine forests (FSU Herbarium). It also occurs in human disturbed areas such as powerline corridors and in old roadbeds (FSU Herbarium). | + | This species can be found in sandy soils in open fields, open bogs, and longleaf pine forests (FSU Herbarium). It also occurs in human disturbed areas such as powerline corridors and in old roadbeds (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Longleaf pine and wiregrass (FSU Herbarium). |
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ||
Revision as of 16:17, 14 December 2015
| Lechea minor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Violales |
| Family: | Cistaceae |
| Genus: | Lechea |
| Species: | L. minor |
| Binomial name | |
| Lechea minor L. | |
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| Natural range of Lechea minor from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: thymeleaf pinweed
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
This species can be frequent where it occurs (FSU Herbarium).
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
This species can be found in sandy soils in open fields, open bogs, and longleaf pine forests (FSU Herbarium). It also occurs in human disturbed areas such as powerline corridors and in old roadbeds (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Longleaf pine and wiregrass (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Several short-lived perennial forbs also have a seed bank persistent for at least several years.[1]
Fire ecology
Can grow in areas that area annually burned (FSU Herbarium)
Pollination
Use by animals
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: Robert K. Godfrey, Kevin Oakes, and R. Komarek. States and Counties: Florida: Leon and Franklin. Georgia: Baker, Grady, and Thomas.
- ↑ Platt, W. J., S. M. Carr, et al. (2006). "Pine savanna overstorey influences on ground-cover biodiversity." Applied Vegetation Science 9: 37-50.
