Verbesina aristata

Verbesina aristata
Photo taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class:	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae
Genus:	Verbesina
Species:	V. aristata
Binomial name
Verbesina aristata (Elliott) A. Heller
Natural range of Verbesina aristata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: coastal plain crownbeard

Description

A description of Verbesina aristata is provided in The Flora of North America.

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, V. aristata can be found in open pine-hardwoods, longleaf pine-scrub oaks, pine flatwoods, annually burned pine woodlands, pine-hardwood second growth, pine-scrub oak sandhills, and longleaf pine forests (FSU Herbarium). It can also be found between railroads and highways in disturbed scrubs. Soil types include loamy sand, red sandy-clay, and sandy loam (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Pinus palustris, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus species, and Carya species (FSU Herbarium).

Phenology

Flowers and fruits May through September (FSU Herbarium). Kevin Robertson has observed this species flower within three months of burning. KMR

Fire ecology

It flowers within three months of burning in the spring or early summer (Robertson observation).

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, Robert K. Godfrey, Richard D. Houk, R. Kral, Douglas Gage, R. A. Norris, Andre F. Clewell, R. Komarek. States and Counties: Florida: Columbia, Hamilton, Holmes, Jefferson, Leon, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton. Georgia: Baker, Coffee, Grady, Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

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