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Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed:   Collectors:   States and Counties:   Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
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Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: [http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu]. Last accessed: July 2015  Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Wilson Baker, Ann F. Johnson, R. A. Norris, Robert K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, T. MacClendon, K. MacClendon. States and Counties: Florida: Calhoun, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jackson, Leon, Wakulla. Georgia: Grady, Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
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Pavlovic, N. B., S. A. Leicht-Young, et al. (2011). "Short-term effects of burn season on flowering phenology of savanna plants." Plant Ecology 212: 611-625.
 
Pavlovic, N. B., S. A. Leicht-Young, et al. (2011). "Short-term effects of burn season on flowering phenology of savanna plants." Plant Ecology 212: 611-625.

Revision as of 15:27, 17 September 2015

Phlox pilosa
Phlox pilosa Gil.jpg
Photo taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Solanales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Phlox
Species: P. pilosa
Binomial name
Phlox pilosa
L.
PHLO PILO dist.jpg
Natural range of Phlox pilosa from USDA NRCS Plants Database.


Taxonomic notes

Common name: downy phlox

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Areas P. pilosa can be found include limestone glades, edge of pine-oak woodlands, pine/hardwood areas, semi-boggy slopes of longleaf pine savanna, burned upland longleaf pinelands and in mesic shaded woodlands by streamlet (FSU Herbarium). Has been found to grow in dry loamy sand (FSU Herbarium).

P. pilosa has been found to grow along highways and the remnants of slightly disturbed woodland habitats (FSU Herbarium).

Associated species include Rhynchospora divergens, Sporobolus vaginiflorus, slash pine and longleaf pine (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Flowering has been observed March through May (FSU Herbarium).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

P. pilosa shows delayed flowering in response to early-season burning (Pavlovic et al. 2011).

Pollination

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: July 2015 Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Wilson Baker, Ann F. Johnson, R. A. Norris, Robert K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, T. MacClendon, K. MacClendon. States and Counties: Florida: Calhoun, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jackson, Leon, Wakulla. Georgia: Grady, Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

Pavlovic, N. B., S. A. Leicht-Young, et al. (2011). "Short-term effects of burn season on flowering phenology of savanna plants." Plant Ecology 212: 611-625.