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==Taxonomic Notes==
 
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==Description== <!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
 
==Description== <!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
''Proserpinaca pectinata'' is a dioecious perennial that grows as a forb/herb.<ref name="USDA"/>
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''Proserpinaca pectinata'' is a dioecious perennial that grows as a forb/herb.<ref name="USDA"/> Flowers are red, orange, and green in color.<ref name="Ladybird">Plant database: ''Proserpinaca pectinata''. (31 January 2018) Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. URL: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PRPE</ref>
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
This species occurs from Nova Scotia, south to southern Florida, and westward to western Louisiana. While it is primarily found along the coastal plain, it occurs inland, as far as Tennessee.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/>
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This species is disjunct in Nova Scotia and the Great Lakes region<ref>Sorrie, B. A. and A. S. Weakley 2001. Coastal Plain valcular plant endemics: Phytogeographic patterns. Castanea 66: 50-82.</ref>, south to southern Florida, and westward to western Louisiana. While it is primarily found along the coastal plain, it occurs inland, as far as Tennessee<ref name="Weakley 2015"/>, and has disjunct populations in western Cuba.<ref>Sorrie, B. A. and A. S. Weakley 2001. Coastal Plain valcular plant endemics: Phytogeographic patterns. Castanea 66: 50-82.</ref>
  
 
==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==
 
===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.-->
''P. pectinata'' occurs in bogs, savannas, ditches, and other wet places.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/>
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''P. pectinata'' occurs in bogs, savannas, ditches, longleaf pine forests, wet pine flatwoods, and other wet places.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/><ref name="FSU"/> Along New York pond shorelines, this species is found on areas of organic exposed pond bottoms and permanently flooded zones.<ref name="Zaremba & Lamont 1993">Zaremba RE, Lamont EE (1993) The status of the coastal plain pondshore community in New York. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 120(2):180-187.</ref> It is also found in disturbed areas including powerline transects and borrow pits.<ref name="FSU"> Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: Robert K. Godfrey. States and counties: Florida: Leon and Wakulla. Georgia: Thomas.</ref> Associated species: ''Cyrilla parvifolia, Salix humilis, Cephalanthus occidentalis, Saccharum sp., Dichanthelium scoparium, Smilax rotundifolia, Proserpinaca pectinata'', and ''Hypericum crux-andreae''.<ref name="FSU"/>
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In New Jersey pinelands, ''Proserpinaca pectinata'' occurred in 20% of ponds.<ref name="Laidiig 2012">Laidig KJ (2012) Simulating the effect of groundwater withdrawals on intermittent-pond vegetation communities. Ecohydrology 5:841-852.</ref>
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''Proserpinaca pectinata'' 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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===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/-->
In the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, flowering occurs from June through October.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/>
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In the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, flowering has been observed from June through October.<ref name="Weakley 2015"/><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: 31 JAN 2018</ref>
 
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Populations of ''Proserpinaca pectinata'' 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, cultivation, and restoration==
  
==Conservation and Management==
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==Cultural use==
  
==Cultivation and restoration==
 
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
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==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==

Latest revision as of 10:24, 15 July 2022

Proserpinaca pectinata
Proserpinaca pectinata SEF.jpg
Photo by John Gwaltney hosted at Southeastern Flora.com
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Haloragales
Family: Haloragaceae
Genus: Proserpinaca
Species: P. pectinata
Binomial name
Proserpinaca pectinata
Lam.
PROS PECT DIST.JPG
Natural range of Proserpinaca pectinata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common Names: feathery mermaid-weed;[1] combleaf mermaidweed[2]

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: none

Description

Proserpinaca pectinata is a dioecious perennial that grows as a forb/herb.[2] Flowers are red, orange, and green in color.[3]

Distribution

This species is disjunct in Nova Scotia and the Great Lakes region[4], south to southern Florida, and westward to western Louisiana. While it is primarily found along the coastal plain, it occurs inland, as far as Tennessee[1], and has disjunct populations in western Cuba.[5]

Ecology

Habitat

P. pectinata occurs in bogs, savannas, ditches, longleaf pine forests, wet pine flatwoods, and other wet places.[1][6] Along New York pond shorelines, this species is found on areas of organic exposed pond bottoms and permanently flooded zones.[7] It is also found in disturbed areas including powerline transects and borrow pits.[6] Associated species: Cyrilla parvifolia, Salix humilis, Cephalanthus occidentalis, Saccharum sp., Dichanthelium scoparium, Smilax rotundifolia, Proserpinaca pectinata, and Hypericum crux-andreae.[6]

In New Jersey pinelands, Proserpinaca pectinata occurred in 20% of ponds.[8]

Proserpinaca pectinata is an indicator species for the Calcareous Savannas community type as described in Carr et al. (2010).[9]

Phenology

In the southeastern and mid-Atlantic United States, flowering has been observed from June through October.[1][10]

Fire ecology

Populations of Proserpinaca pectinata have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.[11]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Weakley AS (2015) Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  2. 2.0 2.1 USDA NRCS (2016) The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 31 January 2018). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
  3. Plant database: Proserpinaca pectinata. (31 January 2018) Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. URL: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PRPE
  4. Sorrie, B. A. and A. S. Weakley 2001. Coastal Plain valcular plant endemics: Phytogeographic patterns. Castanea 66: 50-82.
  5. Sorrie, B. A. and A. S. Weakley 2001. Coastal Plain valcular plant endemics: Phytogeographic patterns. Castanea 66: 50-82.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: Robert K. Godfrey. States and counties: Florida: Leon and Wakulla. Georgia: Thomas.
  7. Zaremba RE, Lamont EE (1993) The status of the coastal plain pondshore community in New York. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 120(2):180-187.
  8. Laidig KJ (2012) Simulating the effect of groundwater withdrawals on intermittent-pond vegetation communities. Ecohydrology 5:841-852.
  9. Carr, S.C., K.M. Robertson, and R.K. Peet. 2010. A vegetation classification of fire-dependent pinelands of Florida. Castanea 75:153-189.
  10. 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: 31 JAN 2018
  11. 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.