Nolina atopocarpa
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Nolina atopocarpa Apalachicola region of Florida |
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Nolina atopocarpa is a species of the genus Nolina in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae). An English common name is "Florida Beargrass".
description
Nolina atapocarpa grows without a trunk, is rhizomatous and forms clumps 0.3 to 0.6 m in diameter. The variable, grass-like, green to yellow leaves that fall to the ground are 40 to 100 cm long and 1 to 4 mm wide. The leaf margins are serrated.
The unbranched inflorescence becomes 0.5 to 1 m long. The white flowers are 1.2 to 2.5 mm long and wide. The flowering period extends from April to May.
The capsule fruits, which are egg-shaped to round when ripe, are woody and have a diameter of 4 to 6 mm. The spherical seeds contained in them are brown. They have a diameter of 3 to 4 mm. The seeds ripen in July.
The species is to -8 ° C frost-hardy . She is hardly known.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Nolina atapocarpa is endemic in the US state of Florida in a limited area at sea level. It grows in forest regions on sandy soil together with Yucca filamentosa , various Opuntia species and Sabal palmetto .
The first description was in 1909 by Harley Harris Bartlett .
Nolina atopocarpa is a member of the Nolina section , another representative from the group of east coast species. It is extremely rare and grows in a limited area in Florida. It is closely related to the two other representatives of the east coast, the Nolina brittoniana occurring in the south in Florida and the Nolina georgiana occurring in the north in Georgia and South Carolina . The grass-like leaves are characteristic. The Apalachicola region is the wettest area in Florida, but the species is fire resistant.
Nolina atopocarpa is endangered by new settlements. The plant is listed as a rare and endangered species on the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's list.
photos
Perfect camouflage in tall grass
Location in the Apalachicola Forest in Florida
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literature
- Fritz Hochstätter : The Genus Nolina. (Nolinaceae) . Piante Grasse, 2010, p. 8 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Harley Harris Bartlett: Nolina in the South Atlantic States . In: Rhodora . Volume 11, 1909, pp. 81-82, online .
- ^ Entry in the list of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Web links
- Nolina atopocarpa in the Flora of North America