Difference between revisions of "Pectis linearifolia"
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===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.--> | ||
| + | In the Coastal Plain in Florida, ''P. linearifolia'' has been observed in sand-shell scrubs, sandridges, abandoned railroad beds, and a cleared longleaf pineland with live oak, saw palmetto, ''Viburnum obovatum'', cabbage palmetto, ''Fraxinus, Myrica'' and ''Salix'' (FSU Herbarium). | ||
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===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ||
===Seed dispersal=== | ===Seed dispersal=== | ||
Revision as of 11:02, 12 November 2015
| Pectis linearifolia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae |
| Genus: | Pectis |
| Species: | P. linearifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Pectis linearifolia Urb. | |
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| Natural range of Pectis linearifolia from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: Florida chinchweed
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
A description of Pectis linearifolia is provided in The Flora of North America.
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
In the Coastal Plain in Florida, P. linearifolia has been observed in sand-shell scrubs, sandridges, abandoned railroad beds, and a cleared longleaf pineland with live oak, saw palmetto, Viburnum obovatum, cabbage palmetto, Fraxinus, Myrica and Salix (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Pectis linearifolia at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Halictidae: Augochlorella gratiosa, Lasioglossum nymphalis, L. puteulanum
Vespidae: Stenodynerus fundatiformis
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.
