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Oxypolis ternata

(Nutt.) Heller

Savanna Cowbane

G3Vulnerable Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G3VulnerableGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.139046

Element CodePDAPI1L070

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderApiales

FamilyApiaceae

GenusOxypolis

Synonyms

Oxypolis denticulata(Baldwin) J.R. Edmondson

Other Common Names

Piedmont Cowbane (EN) piedmont cowbane (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Review Date1997-12-22

Change Date1994-11-22

Edition Date1997-04-19

Edition AuthorsS. Gottlieb (1992)

Range Extent250-20,000 square km (about 100-8000 square miles)

Rank Reasons

Oxypolis ternata is rare and its habitat is threatened by conversion to silviculture.

Range Extent Comments

Georgia: Coffee, Toombs and Bulloch counties; Mississippi (reported in literature); North Carolina; South Carolina?; Florida: from Jackson and Franklin counties to Jefferson county.

Threat Impact Comments

Suppression of natural fire regime without replacement by frequent prescribed fire; conversion of natural habitat to intensive silviculture (tree farms).

Ecology & Habitat

Diagnostic Characteristics

Oxypolis ternata may be characterized by leaves ternately divided or simple (Godfrey and Wooten 1981). Other species in the genus either have leaves reduced to an undivided phyllodium (O. canbyi, O. filiformis, O. greenmanii) or leaves pinnately divided (O. rigidior).

Habitat

Savannas and open margins of bogs and pocosins (Radford et al. 1968).

Palustrine Habitats

TEMPORARY POOLFORESTED WETLANDBog/fenRiparian

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN3

Province	Rank	Native
South Carolina	S1	Yes
Florida	S2	Yes
Georgia	S2	Yes
North Carolina	S3	Yes
Virginia	SH	Yes

Plant Characteristics

DurationPERENNIAL, FALL-FLOWERING

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

North Carolina (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Catfish Lake North	Croatan National Forest	11,299

References (6)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2024. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 13. Magnoliophyta: Geraniaceae to Apiaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiv + 566 pp.
Godfrey, R.K., and J.W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and wetland plants of southeastern United States: Dicotyledons. Univ. Georgia Press, Athens. 933 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Keith, E. L., and J. Hays. 2003. Notes on two species of <i>Agalinis</i> (Scrophulariaceae) including <i>Agalinis harperi</i>, new to Texas. Sida 20(3):1321-1322.
Radford, A.E., H.E. Ahles, and C.R. Bell. 1968. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Univ. North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC. 1183 pp.
Weakley, A.S. 1996. Flora of the Carolinas and Virginia: working draft of 23 May 1996. The Nature Conservancy, Southeast Regional Office, Southern Conservation Science Dept., Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Unpaginated.