CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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Amorpha crenulata
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Amorpha crenulata is Fully Sponsored |
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Primary
custodian for this plant in the CPC National Collection of Endangered
Plants is: |
Meghan Fellows contributed to this Plant Profile. |
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Amorpha herbacea var. crenulata, a semi-deciduous shrub, has several flower spikes that range in color from white and orange to blue and purple. The small, dark green leaflets are numerous (25-35) on a reddish branch. Amorpha herbacea var. crenulata is known from the Miami Rock Ridge Pinelands, an extremely rare and threatened ecosystem which contains over 40 endemic species (USFWS 1988).
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Ex Situ Needs
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References |
Coile, N.C. 2000. Notes on Florida's Regulated Plant Index (Rule 5B-40), Botany Contribution 38. Gainesville, Florida: Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry. |
FNAI. 2000. Field Guide to the Rare Plants and Animals of Florida online. Florida Natural Areas Inventory. |
(2002). Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. [Web site] University of South Florida Institute for Systematic Botany. http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/isb/default.htm. Accessed: 2008. |
USGS. (2002). Status of Listed Species and Recovery Plan Development. [Web site] USGS: Norther Prairie Wildlife Research Center. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/others/recoprog/plant.htm. Accessed: 2002. |
Fisher, J. B.; Jayachandran K. 2002. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance seedling growth in two endangered plant species from south Florida. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 163, 4: 559-566. |
Fisher, J.B.; Jayachandran, K. 2002. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance seedling growth in two endangered plant species from south Florida. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 163, 4: 559-566. |
Garvue, D. 1998. Endangered species profile: crenulate lead plant, Amorpha herbacea var. crenulata. Garden News (Fairchild Tropical Garden). 53, 6 |
Papanastasis, V.P.; Platis, P.D.; Dini-Papanastasi, O. 1997. Productivity of deciduous woody and fodder species in relation to air temperature and precipitation in a Mediterranean environment. Agroforestry Systems. 37: 187-198. |
Papanastasis, V.P.; Platis, P.D.; Dini-Papanastasi, O. 1998. Effects of age and frequency of cutting on productivity of Mediterranean deciduous fodder tree and shrub plantations. Forest Ecology and Management. 110: 283-292. |
Wilbur, R.L. 1964. A revision of the dwarf species of Amorpha (Leguminosae). The Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 80, 2: 51-65. |
Avery, G.N.; Loope, L.L. 1980. Endemic taxa in the flora of south Florida. Report T-558. U.S. National Park Service, South Florida Research Center, Everglades National Park: p.Pages 5-6. |
DERM. 1996. Endangered plants of Dade County's pine rocklands. Habitat characterization for Amorpha crenulata, Euphorbia deltoidea and Polygala smallii. Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management. p.18. Technical Report 96-2. |
Fisher, J. 2000. Demography of Pine Rockland Endangered Plant Taxa in Miami-Dade County. Tallahassee, Florida: Florida Division of Forestry: Statewide Endangered and Threatened Plant Conservation Program. |
Gordon, D. 1992. Element stewardship abstract for pine rockland community. Arlington, Virginia: The Nature Conservancy. Unpublished. |
Kernan, C. 1999. Demography of Some South Florida Ecosystem Endangered Plants. Tallahassee, Florida: Florida Division of Forestry: Statewide Endangered and Threatened Plant Conservation Program. |
USFWS. 1988. Recovery plan for five pine rockland plant species. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. |
| This profile was updated on 3/4/2010 |