Difference between revisions of "Pteridium aquilinum"

From Coastal Plain Plants Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
(Seed dispersal)
(Seed dispersal)
Line 31: Line 31:
 
<!-- ===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===
This species disperses by wind.<ref>Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.</ref>   
+
This species is thought to be dispersed by wind.<ref>Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.</ref>   
 
<!-- ===Seed bank and germination===-->
 
<!-- ===Seed bank and germination===-->
 
<!-- ===Fire ecology===--> <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
<!-- ===Fire ecology===--> <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->

Revision as of 11:20, 4 September 2018

Pteridium aquilinum
Pteridium aquilinum.jpg
Photo by Kevin Robertson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Tracheophyta- Vascular plants
Class: Polypodiopsida - Leptosporangiate ferns
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Genus: Pteridium
Species: P. aquilinum
Binomial name
Pteridium aquilinum
(L.) Kuhn
Pter aqui dist.jpg
Natural range of Pteridium aquilinum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common names: Brakenfern

Taxonomic notes

Description

A description of Pteridium aquilinum is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Pteridium aquilinum is restricted to native groundcover with a statistical affinity in upland pinelands of South Georgia. [1]

Seed dispersal

This species is thought to be dispersed by wind.[2]

Conservation and management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Ostertag, T.E., and K.M. Robertson. 2007. A comparison of native versus old-field vegetation in upland pinelands managed with frequent fire, South Georgia, USA. Pages 109–120 in R.E. Masters and K.E.M. Galley (eds.). Proceedings of the 23rd Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference: Fire in Grassland and Shrubland Ecosystems.
  2. Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.