Difference between revisions of "Lechea mucronata"
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| name = Lechea mucronata | | name = Lechea mucronata | ||
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| regnum = Plantae | | regnum = Plantae | ||
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==Taxonomic notes== | ==Taxonomic notes== | ||
Synonyms: ''Lechea villosa'' Elliott; ''L. villosa'' var. ''typica'' | Synonyms: ''Lechea villosa'' Elliott; ''L. villosa'' var. ''typica'' | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
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Frequent within sandhill habitats (FSU Herbarium). | Frequent within sandhill habitats (FSU Herbarium). | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
==Ecology== | ==Ecology== | ||
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This species has been found in open areas in sandy soils of longleaf pine, scrub oak, wiregrass sand ridges as well as sandhills in general (FSU Herbarium). It has also been found in human disturbed areas around garbage dumps and powerline corridors (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Longleaf pine and wiregrass (FSU Herbarium). | This species has been found in open areas in sandy soils of longleaf pine, scrub oak, wiregrass sand ridges as well as sandhills in general (FSU Herbarium). It has also been found in human disturbed areas around garbage dumps and powerline corridors (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Longleaf pine and wiregrass (FSU Herbarium). | ||
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===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/ --> | ||
This species has been observed to flower in September and December (FSU Herbarium). | This species has been observed to flower in September and December (FSU Herbarium). | ||
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According to Kay Kirkman, a plant ecologist, this species disperses by being consumed by vertebrates (being assumed). <ref name="KK"> Kay Kirkman, unpublished data, 2015. </ref> | According to Kay Kirkman, a plant ecologist, this species disperses by being consumed by vertebrates (being assumed). <ref name="KK"> Kay Kirkman, unpublished data, 2015. </ref> | ||
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===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses--> | ===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses--> | ||
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Occurs in areas that are burned (FSU Herbarium). | Occurs in areas that are burned (FSU Herbarium). | ||
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==Conservation and management== | ==Conservation and management== | ||
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==Cultivation and restoration== | ==Cultivation and restoration== | ||
==Photo Gallery== | ==Photo Gallery== | ||
<gallery widths=180px> | <gallery widths=180px> | ||
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==References and notes== | ==References and notes== | ||
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: R.A. Norris, R.F. Doren, R. Komarek, Cecil R. Slaughter, and Lisa Keppner. States and Counties: Florida: Duval, Leon, St. Johns, and Washington. Georgia: Coffee and Grady. | Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: R.A. Norris, R.F. Doren, R. Komarek, Cecil R. Slaughter, and Lisa Keppner. States and Counties: Florida: Duval, Leon, St. Johns, and Washington. Georgia: Coffee and Grady. | ||
Revision as of 15:34, 23 June 2016
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| Photo by Shirley Denton (Copyrighted, use by photographer’s permission only), Nature Photography by Shirley Denton | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Violales |
| Family: | Cistaceae |
| Genus: | Lechea |
| Species: | L. mucronata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lechea mucronata Raf. | |
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| Natural range of Lechea mucronata from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: hairy pinweed
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Synonyms: Lechea villosa Elliott; L. villosa var. typica
Description
Frequent within sandhill habitats (FSU Herbarium).
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
This species has been found in open areas in sandy soils of longleaf pine, scrub oak, wiregrass sand ridges as well as sandhills in general (FSU Herbarium). It has also been found in human disturbed areas around garbage dumps and powerline corridors (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Longleaf pine and wiregrass (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
This species has been observed to flower in September and December (FSU Herbarium).
Seed dispersal
According to Kay Kirkman, a plant ecologist, this species disperses by being consumed by vertebrates (being assumed). [1]
Fire ecology
Occurs in areas that are burned (FSU Herbarium).
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: R.A. Norris, R.F. Doren, R. Komarek, Cecil R. Slaughter, and Lisa Keppner. States and Counties: Florida: Duval, Leon, St. Johns, and Washington. Georgia: Coffee and Grady.
- ↑ Kay Kirkman, unpublished data, 2015.
