Eryngium cuneifolium
Eryngium cuneifolium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Genus: | Eryngium |
Species: | E. cuneifolium
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Binomial name | |
Eryngium cuneifolium |
Eryngium cuneifolium is a rare species of flowering plant in the
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There are 19 known occurrences of this plant, all within one Florida county. Eight are on protected land, such as the Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife Area.[2] The other 11 are on private, unprotected land. Their status is not certain, but four of these occurrences are believed extirpated or on the verge of destruction.[2] Remaining stretches of Florida scrub such as that inhabited by the snakeroot are vulnerable to destruction. Much of it has been consumed for development and for agriculture, especially citrus groves.[5] Habitat that remains is in a fragmented condition. In many areas, including some of the protected regions, the land is not properly managed to maintain the natural habitat. The Florida scrub is a fire-prone landscape and many of the plants require fire every few decades to thrive. This snakeroot, for example, requires periodic disturbance such as fire to clear out tall and woody vegetation that grows up around it and blocks the sun. The plant requires wide open habitat for survival, and plants located farther from other shrubs grow more successfully.[6] Fire suppression, which is practiced to prevent property damage, prevents this disturbance and leads to overgrowth of the scrub.
This species also needs fire in order to
References
- ^ a b c d e f Eryngium cuneifolium. The Nature Conservancy.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j USFWS. Eryngium cuneifolium Five-year Review. July 2010.
- ^ a b Eryngium cuneifolium. Center for Plant Conservation.
- ^ Why Save Species? Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine Archibold Station.
- ^ Eryngium cuneifolium. Multi-species Recovery Plan for South Florida.
- ^ Menges, E. S. and J. Kimmich. (1996). Microhabitat and time-since-fire: Effects on demography of Eryngium cuneifolium (Apiaceae), a Florida scrub endemic plant. American Journal of Botany 83:2 185-91.
- ^ Menges, E. S. and P. F. Quintana-Ascencio. (2004). Population viability with fire in Eryngium cuneifolium: Deciphering a decade of demographic data. Ecological Monographs 74:1 79-99.