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Common name: swamp hornpod <ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/>, small-leaved miterwort <ref name= "Weakley 2015"/>
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Common name: swamp hornpod<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/>, small-leaved miterwort<ref name= "Weakley 2015"/>
 
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==Taxonomic Notes==
 
==Taxonomic Notes==
Synonyms:  ''Cynoctonum sessilifolium'' J.F. Gmelin
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Synonyms:  ''Cynoctonum sessilifolium'' J.F. Gmelin.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
  
Varieties: none
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Varieties: none.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
  
 
==Description==  
 
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''M sessilifolia'' is an annual forb/herb of the ''Loganiaceae'' family native to North America. <ref name= "USDA Plant Database"> USDA Plant Database [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=MISE3 https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=MISE3] </ref>
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''M sessilifolia'' is an annual forb/herb of the ''Loganiaceae'' family native to North America.<ref name= "USDA Plant Database"> USDA Plant Database [https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=MISE3 https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=MISE3] </ref> It's leaves are sessile, rounded at the base, and 1.5-2x as long as wide. Mature seeds are smooth and the capsule is papillose-warty.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
''M. sessilifolia'' is found along the southeastern coast of the United States from New Mexico to Virginia. <ref name= "USDA Plant Database"/>
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''M. sessifolia'' ranges from southeast Virginia to Florida and west to east Texas. It's also found in the Bahamas.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
  
 
==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==
 
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''M. sessilifolia'' is found in wet savannas, pocosins, ditches, and margins of limesink depressions (dolines). <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 moist loamy sand, wet ditches, oak woods, pine flatwoods, border of swampy woodland, longleaf pine wiregrass, savanna, sandy peat of slash pine, floodplain marsh, shore of sinkhole pond, wet pineland, frequently burned hillside of seepage bogs, pine-gum woodland, and along streams.<ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.A> Norris, R.F. Doren, R.K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, Cecil Slaughter, S.W. Leonard, R.E. Perdue, R. Kral, Victoria Sullivan, Richard Houk, Robert J. Lamaire, George R. Cooley, Carroll E. Wood Jr., Kenneth A. Wilson, Leonard J. Brass, Steve Orzell, Edwin L. Bridges, James D. Ray, Sidney McDaniel, S.B. Jones, A.B. Seymour, D.S. Correll, E. C. Ogden, H.K. Svenson, A.E. Radford, P. Sheridan, Jeffery M. Kane, William Platt. States and counties: Florida (Liberty, Leon, Franklin, Santa Rosa, Flagler, Monroe, Jefferson, Levy, Brevard, Okaloosa, Orange, Bay, Palm Beach, St. Johns, Okeechobee, Indian River, Citrus, Calhoun, COllier, Gulf, Walton, Okaloosa, Martin, Lee, Nassau, Holmes) Georgia (Thomas, Grady, Berrien, Tattnall, Baker, Colquitt) Alabama (Mobile, Washington, Monroe) Mississippi (Lamar, Greene, Jackson, George) North Carolina (Onslow) South Carolina (Williamsburg) Texas (Jasper, Hardin) </ref>
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''M. sessilifolia'' is found in wet savannas, pocosins, ditches, and margins of limesink depressions (dolines).<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 moist loamy sand, wet ditches, oak woods, pine flatwoods, border of swampy woodlands, longleaf pine wiregrass, savannas, sandy peat of slash pines, floodplain marshes, sinkhole pondshores, wet pinelands, frequently-burned hillsides of seepage bogs, pine-gum woodlands, and along streams.<ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.A> Norris, R.F. Doren, R.K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, Cecil Slaughter, S.W. Leonard, R.E. Perdue, R. Kral, Victoria Sullivan, Richard Houk, Robert J. Lamaire, George R. Cooley, Carroll E. Wood Jr., Kenneth A. Wilson, Leonard J. Brass, Steve Orzell, Edwin L. Bridges, James D. Ray, Sidney McDaniel, S.B. Jones, A.B. Seymour, D.S. Correll, E. C. Ogden, H.K. Svenson, A.E. Radford, P. Sheridan, Jeffery M. Kane, William Platt. States and counties: Florida (Liberty, Leon, Franklin, Santa Rosa, Flagler, Monroe, Jefferson, Levy, Brevard, Okaloosa, Orange, Bay, Palm Beach, St. Johns, Okeechobee, Indian River, Citrus, Calhoun, COllier, Gulf, Walton, Okaloosa, Martin, Lee, Nassau, Holmes) Georgia (Thomas, Grady, Berrien, Tattnall, Baker, Colquitt) Alabama (Mobile, Washington, Monroe) Mississippi (Lamar, Greene, Jackson, George) North Carolina (Onslow) South Carolina (Williamsburg) Texas (Jasper, Hardin) </ref>
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''M. sessilifolia'' decreased its occurrence or was unaffected in response to soil disturbance by roller chopping in south Florida. It either exhibited regrowth or was unaffected by reestablished native habitat that was disturbed by this practice.<ref>Lewis, C.E. (1970). Responses to Chopping and Rock Phosphate on South Florida Ranges. Journal of Range Management 23(4):276-282.</ref>
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''Mitreola sessilifolia'' is an indicator species for the Calcareous Savannas community type as described in Carr et al. (2010).<ref>Carr, S.C., K.M. Robertson, and R.K. Peet. 2010. A vegetation classification of fire-dependent pinelands of Florida. Castanea 75:153-189.</ref>
  
 
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''M. sessilifloria'' has been observed flowering in June, July, and September. <ref name= "PanFlora"> Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 24 MAY 2018 </ref>
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''M. sessilifloria'' flowers from late June to August and fruits from September through October.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
 
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Populations of ''Mitreola sessilifolia'' have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.<ref>Platt, W.J., R. Carter, G. Nelson, W. Baker, S. Hermann, J. Kane, L. Anderson, M. Smith, K. Robertson. 2021. Unpublished species list of Wade Tract old-growth longleaf pine savanna, Thomasville, Georgia.</ref>
 
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==Conservation and Management==
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
  
==Cultivation and restoration==
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==Cultural use==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
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==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==

Latest revision as of 15:39, 14 July 2022

Common name: swamp hornpod[1], small-leaved miterwort[2]

Mitreola sessilifolia
Mitreola sessilifolia SEF.jpg
Photo from the Southeastern Flora Database
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Gentianales
Family: Loganiaceae
Genus: Mitreola
Species: M. sessilifolia
Binomial name
Mitreola sessilifolia
J.F. Gmelin
MITR SESS DIST.JPG
Natural range of Mitreola sessilifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Cynoctonum sessilifolium J.F. Gmelin.[3]

Varieties: none.[3]

Description

M sessilifolia is an annual forb/herb of the Loganiaceae family native to North America.[1] It's leaves are sessile, rounded at the base, and 1.5-2x as long as wide. Mature seeds are smooth and the capsule is papillose-warty.[3]

Distribution

M. sessifolia ranges from southeast Virginia to Florida and west to east Texas. It's also found in the Bahamas.[3]

Ecology

Habitat

M. sessilifolia is found in wet savannas, pocosins, ditches, and margins of limesink depressions (dolines).[2] Specimens have been collected from moist loamy sand, wet ditches, oak woods, pine flatwoods, border of swampy woodlands, longleaf pine wiregrass, savannas, sandy peat of slash pines, floodplain marshes, sinkhole pondshores, wet pinelands, frequently-burned hillsides of seepage bogs, pine-gum woodlands, and along streams.[4]

M. sessilifolia decreased its occurrence or was unaffected in response to soil disturbance by roller chopping in south Florida. It either exhibited regrowth or was unaffected by reestablished native habitat that was disturbed by this practice.[5]

Mitreola sessilifolia is an indicator species for the Calcareous Savannas community type as described in Carr et al. (2010).[6]

Phenology

M. sessilifloria flowers from late June to August and fruits from September through October.[3]

Fire ecology

Populations of Mitreola sessilifolia have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.[7]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 USDA Plant Database https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=MISE3
  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. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  4. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R.A> Norris, R.F. Doren, R.K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, Cecil Slaughter, S.W. Leonard, R.E. Perdue, R. Kral, Victoria Sullivan, Richard Houk, Robert J. Lamaire, George R. Cooley, Carroll E. Wood Jr., Kenneth A. Wilson, Leonard J. Brass, Steve Orzell, Edwin L. Bridges, James D. Ray, Sidney McDaniel, S.B. Jones, A.B. Seymour, D.S. Correll, E. C. Ogden, H.K. Svenson, A.E. Radford, P. Sheridan, Jeffery M. Kane, William Platt. States and counties: Florida (Liberty, Leon, Franklin, Santa Rosa, Flagler, Monroe, Jefferson, Levy, Brevard, Okaloosa, Orange, Bay, Palm Beach, St. Johns, Okeechobee, Indian River, Citrus, Calhoun, COllier, Gulf, Walton, Okaloosa, Martin, Lee, Nassau, Holmes) Georgia (Thomas, Grady, Berrien, Tattnall, Baker, Colquitt) Alabama (Mobile, Washington, Monroe) Mississippi (Lamar, Greene, Jackson, George) North Carolina (Onslow) South Carolina (Williamsburg) Texas (Jasper, Hardin)
  5. Lewis, C.E. (1970). Responses to Chopping and Rock Phosphate on South Florida Ranges. Journal of Range Management 23(4):276-282.
  6. Carr, S.C., K.M. Robertson, and R.K. Peet. 2010. A vegetation classification of fire-dependent pinelands of Florida. Castanea 75:153-189.
  7. Platt, W.J., R. Carter, G. Nelson, W. Baker, S. Hermann, J. Kane, L. Anderson, M. Smith, K. Robertson. 2021. Unpublished species list of Wade Tract old-growth longleaf pine savanna, Thomasville, Georgia.