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''L. stuevei'' is found in woodlands and woodlands borders. <ref name= "Weakley 2015"> Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium. </ref>
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''L. stuevei'' is found in woodlands and woodlands borders. <ref name= "Weakley 2015"> Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium. </ref> Specimens have been collected from dry open upland pine woods, old field with sandy clay, disturbed open pineland, old field, roadsides, and pine-oak sand ridge. <ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.K. Godfrey, A.F. Clewell, R.Kral, Richard Houk, H. Roth, V. Draig, Bill Boothe, Marcia Boothe, R. Komarek, Norman E. Hill, Delzie Demaree, H. R. Reed, R.F. Christensen, C.C. Christensen, M. Jenkins, L. Langston, C. Iversen. States and counties: Florida (Nassau, Leon, Wakulla, Jefferson, Liberty, Okaloosa, Madison, Santa Rosa, Walton, Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Santa Rosa, Washington, Holmes) Georgia (Thomas, Charlton, Taylor, Toombs, Wheeler, Appling, Tattnall, Bulloch, Decatur, Chattahoochee, Stewart, Early, Miller, Randolph, Webster, Haralson, Marion) Mississippi (Lawrence, Franklin, Newton, Montgomery, Attala, Madison) Alabama (Calhoun, Lee, Barbour, Macon, Geneva, Bullock, Russell, Conecuh, Dallas, Lee, Tallapoosa, Lee, Henry, Mobile, Sumter, Pike, Mareengo, Clarke) Louisiana (Lincoln, Jackson)</ref>
 
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''L. stuevei'' flowers August-October. <ref name= "PanFlora"> PanFlora Author: Gil Nelson URL: [http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/] Date Accessed: 5/22/18 </ref> Stems erect, very leafy; leaves alternate, pinnately trifoliolate compound; leaflets 3, sparsely hairy to very hairy on upper surface, very hairy on lower surface, without stipels; flowers in dense clusters; fruit is a 1-seeded, indehiscent pod. <ref name= "Gee 1994"> Gee, K. L., et al. (1994). White-tailed deer: their foods and management in the cross timbers. Ardmore, OK, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. </ref>
 
''L. stuevei'' flowers August-October. <ref name= "PanFlora"> PanFlora Author: Gil Nelson URL: [http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/] Date Accessed: 5/22/18 </ref> Stems erect, very leafy; leaves alternate, pinnately trifoliolate compound; leaflets 3, sparsely hairy to very hairy on upper surface, very hairy on lower surface, without stipels; flowers in dense clusters; fruit is a 1-seeded, indehiscent pod. <ref name= "Gee 1994"> Gee, K. L., et al. (1994). White-tailed deer: their foods and management in the cross timbers. Ardmore, OK, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. </ref>

Revision as of 10:29, 29 June 2018

Common name: tall lespedeza [1], velvety lespedeza [2]

Lespedeza stuevei
Lespedeza stuevei AFP.jpg
Photo by the Atlas of Florida Plants Database
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Lespedeza
Species: L. stuevei
Binomial name
Lespedeza stuevei
Nutt.
LESP STUE DIST.JPG
Natural range of Lespedeza stuevei from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: none

Varieties: none

Description

L. stuevei is a perennial forb/herb of the Fabaceae family native to North America. [1]

Distribution

L. stuevei is found in the southeastern corner of the United States from Texas to Massachusetts. [1]

Ecology

Habitat

L. stuevei is found in woodlands and woodlands borders. [2] Specimens have been collected from dry open upland pine woods, old field with sandy clay, disturbed open pineland, old field, roadsides, and pine-oak sand ridge. [3]

Phenology

L. stuevei flowers August-October. [4] Stems erect, very leafy; leaves alternate, pinnately trifoliolate compound; leaflets 3, sparsely hairy to very hairy on upper surface, very hairy on lower surface, without stipels; flowers in dense clusters; fruit is a 1-seeded, indehiscent pod. [5]

Conservation and Management

L. stuevei is listed as extirpated by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Nature Preserves and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, as a special concern species by the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission, and as threatened by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Land and Forests. [1]

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=LEST5
  2. 2.0 2.1 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  3. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.K. Godfrey, A.F. Clewell, R.Kral, Richard Houk, H. Roth, V. Draig, Bill Boothe, Marcia Boothe, R. Komarek, Norman E. Hill, Delzie Demaree, H. R. Reed, R.F. Christensen, C.C. Christensen, M. Jenkins, L. Langston, C. Iversen. States and counties: Florida (Nassau, Leon, Wakulla, Jefferson, Liberty, Okaloosa, Madison, Santa Rosa, Walton, Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Santa Rosa, Washington, Holmes) Georgia (Thomas, Charlton, Taylor, Toombs, Wheeler, Appling, Tattnall, Bulloch, Decatur, Chattahoochee, Stewart, Early, Miller, Randolph, Webster, Haralson, Marion) Mississippi (Lawrence, Franklin, Newton, Montgomery, Attala, Madison) Alabama (Calhoun, Lee, Barbour, Macon, Geneva, Bullock, Russell, Conecuh, Dallas, Lee, Tallapoosa, Lee, Henry, Mobile, Sumter, Pike, Mareengo, Clarke) Louisiana (Lincoln, Jackson)
  4. PanFlora Author: Gil Nelson URL: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Date Accessed: 5/22/18
  5. Gee, K. L., et al. (1994). White-tailed deer: their foods and management in the cross timbers. Ardmore, OK, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation.