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''Paronychia americana'' can occur in sandhills, sand pine scrubs, turkey oak woods, wiregrass savannas, and grassy recreation fields (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include sand pine, live oak, turkey oak, bluejack oak, and wiregrass (FSU Herbarium).
  
 
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Revision as of 17:46, 14 December 2015

Paronychia americana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Genus: Paronychia
Species: P. americana
Binomial name
Paronychia americana
(Nutt.) Fenzl ex Walp.
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Natural range of Paronychia americana from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: American nailwort

Taxonomic notes

Description

A description of Paronychia americana is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Paronychia americana can occur in sandhills, sand pine scrubs, turkey oak woods, wiregrass savannas, and grassy recreation fields (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include sand pine, live oak, turkey oak, bluejack oak, and wiregrass (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Flowers March through May and September (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

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

Halictidae: Lasioglossum nymphalis, L. placidensis

Vespidae: Leptochilus krombeini

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, Michael B. Brooks, George R. Cooley, Bob Fewster, Robert K. Godfrey, Mike Jenkins, Walter Judd, R. Kral, Sidney McDaniel, Marc Minno, Joseph Monachino, Cecil R. Slaughter, Bian Tan, R.L. Wilbur. States and Counties: Alabama: Pike. Florida: Brevard, Collier, Columbia, Hernando, Flagler, Lake, Leon, Palm Beach. Georgia: Emanuel, Laurens, Telfair. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.