Lechea mucronata
| Lechea mucronata | |
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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. [1]
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. [1] It has also been found in human disturbed areas around garbage dumps and powerline corridors (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Longleaf pine and wiregrass. [1] L. mucronata responds positively to soil disturbance in South Carolina coastal plain and longleaf pine communities.[2] It also responds positively to agricultural-based soil disturbance in the same South Carolina coastal plain communities. This marks it as an indicator species for post-agricultural woodland.[3]
Phenology
This species has been observed to flower in September and December. [1]
Seed dispersal
This species is thought to be dispersed by consumption by vertebrates. [4]
Fire ecology
Occurs in areas that are burned. [1]
Conservation and management
Cultivation and restoration
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References and notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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.
- ↑ Brudvig, L.A. and E.I. Damchen. (2011). Land-use history, historical connectivity, and land management interact to determine longleaf pine woodland understory richness and composition. Ecography 34: 257-266.
- ↑ Brudvig, L.A., E Grman, C.W. Habeck, and J.A. Ledvina. (2013). Strong legacy of agricultural land use on soils and understory plant communities in longleaf pine woodlands. Forest Ecology and Management 310: 944-955.
- ↑ Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.
