Lyonia ligustrina

Lyonia ligustrina
Lyonia ligustrina
Systematics
Class : Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida) Asterids Order : Heather-like (Ericales) Family : Heather family (Ericaceae) Genre : Lyons ( Lyonia ) Type : Lyonia ligustrina
Scientific name
Lyonia ligustrina
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Lyonia ligustrina is a species of the genus of Lyonien ( Lyonia ) within the family of Ericaceae (Ericaceae). It is in the eastern United States from Maine in the north to Florida in the south and west to Texas and Oklahoma spread and there english male berry, he-huckleberry called. The TNC classifies the species as safe ("G5").

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Vegetative characteristics

Lyonia ligustrina is a shrub and reaches heights of up to four meters. It has long rhizomes that can produce new plants up to 4 meters away. The branches have a longitudinally furrowed bark .

The leaves are shed - depending on the variety - or are evergreen. The simple leaf blade is up to 10.5 centimeters long and about 5 centimeters wide, narrow to broadly elliptical, obovate or ovate.

Generative characteristics

The small flowers are white. A small, dry capsule fruit is formed.

Their common English-language names come from the fact that, unlike other heather plants such as blueberries or huckleberries, they do not produce soft, juicy, edible fruits, but hard, dry capsule fruits.

Site conditions

Lyonia ligustrina is a plant species that is common in many dry and moist biotope types . It inhabits savannas , moors , forests, pocosins and breaks . Lyonia ligustrina is fire- tolerant in that it produces buds and branches from the rhizomes after the aboveground parts have been destroyed. For this reason, it is also “at home” in fire-determined ecosystems such as pine heather .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Jennifer H. Carey: Lyonia ligustrina . In: Fire Effects Information System . US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. 1994. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
2. ^ Lyonia ligustrina . The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Bruce A. Sorrie, Alan S. Weakley, Gordon C. Tucker: Lyonia ligustrina , p. 501 . In: Flora of North America @ eFloras.org . Retrieved May 3, 2019.
4. ^ Lyonia ligustrina . In: Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina . Retrieved May 8, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Lyonia ligustrina  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• USDA Plants Profile .