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In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, ''O. reticulata'' has been found in wet pine flatwoods, pine/saw palmetto flatwoods, oak/palmetto scrubs, boggy wiregrass pine flatwoods, and ecotones between cypress swamps and pine flatwoods. It can be found in disturbed areas such as powerline corridors, cutover wet pinewoods and pasture edges (FSU Herbarium). Soil types include loamy sand, sandy peat, and sandy loam (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include ''Sphagnum'' and cinnamon fern (FSU Herbarium).
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''O. reticulata'' can be found in areas that are occasionally inudated during the summer rainy season <ref name="hawthorn">[[http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2009/11/pinebarren-aster-oclemena-reticulata.html]] Native Florida Wildflowers Accessed February 10, 2016</ref>. In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, habitats include wet pine flatwoods, pine/saw palmetto flatwoods, oak/palmetto scrubs, boggy wiregrass pine flatwoods, and ecotones between cypress swamps and pine flatwoods.It can be found in disturbed areas such as powerline corridors, cutover wet pinewoods and pasture edges. Soil types include loamy sand, sandy peat, and sandy loam (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include ''Sphagnum, Pinus serotina, Serenoa repens, Lyonia lucida, Rhynchospora, Cyperus haspan, C. strigosus, Eragrostis atrovirens, Ilex glabra, Lachnanthes caroliniana, Osmunda cinnamomea, Panicum abscisum, Pinus elliottii, Pteridium aquilinum, Rubus argutus'', and ''Smilax laurifolia'' (FSU Herbarium; UF Herbarium).
  
 
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Revision as of 10:56, 12 February 2016

Oclemena reticulata
Ocle reti.jpg
Photo by Betty Wargo, Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae
Genus: Oclemena
Species: O. reticulata
Binomial name
Oclemena reticulata
(Pursh) G.L. Nesom
Ocle reti dist.jpg
Natural range of Oclemena reticulata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: pine barren whitetop aster

Taxonomic notes

Description

A description of Oclemena reticulata is provided in The Flora of North America.

It is distinct from other Oclemena by having tall erect stems, leaves with undulate margins, and late spring blooming [1].

Distribution

Distributed from South Carolina to Florida and southern Alabama[1].

Ecology

Habitat

O. reticulata can be found in areas that are occasionally inudated during the summer rainy season [2]. In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, habitats include wet pine flatwoods, pine/saw palmetto flatwoods, oak/palmetto scrubs, boggy wiregrass pine flatwoods, and ecotones between cypress swamps and pine flatwoods.It can be found in disturbed areas such as powerline corridors, cutover wet pinewoods and pasture edges. Soil types include loamy sand, sandy peat, and sandy loam (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Sphagnum, Pinus serotina, Serenoa repens, Lyonia lucida, Rhynchospora, Cyperus haspan, C. strigosus, Eragrostis atrovirens, Ilex glabra, Lachnanthes caroliniana, Osmunda cinnamomea, Panicum abscisum, Pinus elliottii, Pteridium aquilinum, Rubus argutus, and Smilax laurifolia (FSU Herbarium; UF Herbarium).

Phenology

Flowers and fruits have been observed March through October (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Oclemena reticulata at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Apidae: Apis mellifera

Megachilidae: Dianthidium floridiense

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: October 2015. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Andre F. Clewell, George R. Cooley, R.F. Doren, Bob Fewster, A. Gholson Jr., R.K. Godfrey, Norlan C. Henderson, S.C. Hood, C. Jackson, Nancy E. Jordan, M. Knott, R. Komarek, Robert Kral, S.W. Leonard, Sidney McDaniel, Marc Minno, Grady W. Reinert, J. Semple, Cecil R. Slaughter, Joe Sparling, L.B. Trott, Kenneth A. Wilson, Carroll E. Wood. States and Counties: Florida: Bradford, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Flagler, Franklin, Gulf, Hamilton, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Holmes, Jackson, Lake, Leon, Liberty, Nassau, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, St. Johns, Taylor, Union, Wakulla, Walton. Georgia: Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

  1. 1.0 1.1 [[1]] University of Waterloo. Accessed: February 11, 2016
  2. [[2]] Native Florida Wildflowers Accessed February 10, 2016