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Ageratina jucunda

(Greene) Clewell & Woot.

Hammock Thorough-wort

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.147603
Element CodePDASTBX0K0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusAgeratina
Synonyms
Eupatorium jucundumGreeneEupatorium juncundumGreene
Other Common Names
hammock snakeroot (EN) Hammock Snakeroot (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 Date1999-07-22
Change Date1999-09-28
Edition Date1999-07-22
Edition AuthorsBruce A. Sorrie.
Range Extent20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences81 to >300
Rank Reasons
Sizeable range. Distributed throughout range. Clear threats, but operating on long-term basis. Many more-or- less protected populations. Long-term fire management important for survival. Endemic to southeastern United States.
Range Extent Comments
Ageratina jucunda is endemic to southeastern United States, occuring from southeasternmost Georgia south through all of the Florida peninsula. Its western terminous is Leon County, Florida. In Florida it occurs in at least 47 counties. In Georgia it has been documented only from Camden, Liberty, and McIntosh Counties.
Occurrences Comments
Specimens have been collected from 50 counties; number of populationss must be much greater.
Threat Impact Comments
Threats revolve around development and habitat loss, and from fire suppression.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Xeric to dry-mesic habitats, including sand pine scrub, longleaf pine/turkey oak/wiregrass sandhills, dry longleaf pine/oak/palmetto flatwoods, dry-mesic slash pine/palmetto hammocks. Can also occur along roadsides through such habitats and in abandoned fields where such habitats used to occur. Some associates often encountered are Ceratiola ericoides, Quercus myrtilloides, Q. geminata, Q. incana, Q. laevis, Pinus palustris, P. clausa, Serenoa repens, Osmanthus megacarpa, Seymeria pectinata, Sisyrinchium xerophyllum, Garberia floridana, Lyonia ferruginea.
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN4
ProvinceRankNative
FloridaS4Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
Florida (1)
AreaForestAcres
Alexander Springs CreekOcala National Forest2,954
References (3)
  1. Clewell, A.F., and J.W. Wooten. 1971. A revision of Ageratina (Compositae: Eupatorieae) from eastern North America. Brittonia 23:123-143.
  2. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006c. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 21. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 8: Asteraceae, part 3. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxii + 616 pp.
  3. 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.