Ludwigia hirtella

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Ludwigia hirtella
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Myrtales
Family: Onagraceae
Genus: Ludwigia
Species: L. hirtella
Binomial name
Ludwigia hirtella
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Natural range of Ludwigia hirtella from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Description

Common Name: spindleroot

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

This species can be found in wet or drying sandy loam of open areas in wiregrass-longleaf pinewoods, low moist depressions, pine-saw palmetto flatwoods, bogs, floodplain woodland clearings and wet thickets (FSU Herbarium). It has also been observed to occur in human disturbed areas such as along roadsides, edges of pine plantations, ditches, gas pipeline right-of-ways, and powerline corridors (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

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