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| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Xyris elliottii'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
| range_map_caption = Natural range of ''Xyris elliottii'' from USDA NRCS [http://www.plants.usda.gov Plants Database].
 
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Common name: Elliott's yelloweyed grass
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
Common name: Elliott's yelloweyed grass
 
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Pollination===
 
===Pollination===
Mark Deyrup at Archbold Biological Station observed these Hymenoptera species on ''Xyris elliottii'':
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The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Xyris elliottii'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
 
 
Apidae: Apis mellifera
 
 
 
Apidae: Bombus impatiens
 
 
 
Colletidae: Colletes distinctus
 
  
Halictidae: Augochloropsis sumptuosa
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Apidae: ''Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens''
  
Halictidae: Lasioglossum coreopsis
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Colletidae: ''Colletes distinctus''
  
Halictidae: Lasioglossum nymphalis
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Halictidae: ''Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Lasioglossum coreopsis, L. nymphalis''
  
Megachilidae: Megachile brevis pseudobrevis
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Megachilidae: ''Megachile brevis pseudobrevis''
  
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
 
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==
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Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

Revision as of 12:46, 13 August 2015

Xyris elliottii
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Commelinales
Family: Xyridaceae
Genus: Xyris
Species: X. elliottii
Binomial name
Xyris elliottii
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Natural range of Xyris elliottii from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Elliott's yelloweyed grass

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Xyris elliottii at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Apidae: Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens

Colletidae: Colletes distinctus

Halictidae: Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Lasioglossum coreopsis, L. nymphalis

Megachilidae: Megachile brevis pseudobrevis

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.