alabama_botany's Identifications

Habitat: Coastal plain, forest edge, mostly pine. Trail margin, some could be in wet ditch. Edge. Disturbance: mowing, hiking. Associated Species: Sympatric with L. puberula Percent cover: <1% Total ~1 plant. Population 0% damaged (all healthy). Collected by: Andrea Case. Project-specific code: LELONAC17138

Habitat: Forest edge (sumac, tulip tree, young oaks and red pines, queen annes lace, bee balm, black-eyed susans, clover (weedy). on an upslope from rd ~3 ft from road, not near visible water. full sun. Disturbance: roadside, just past ~3ft mowed strip. Associated Species: Sympatric with L. spicata. Total ~1 plants. Population 0% damaged (all healthy). Observed roadside, just past mowed strip. Collected by: Andrea Case with Svea Hall. Project-specific code: LINFLAC21033

Habitat: Impatiens, creekside, weedy vegetation. In the creek bed. Edge. Disturbance: none. Percent cover: <1% Total ~3 plants. Population >35% damaged. Observed beat up plants and some herbivory. Collected by: Andrea Case with Lynda Delph. Project-specific code: LCARDLD17106

Habitat: Field near forest edge, very sandy soil. In the road and on edges of road. Edge. Disturbance: none (road not used in quite some time). Associated Species: Sympatric with L. puberula Percent cover: <1% Population 0% damaged (all healthy). Completely sympatric with puberula; two plants in flower, all others in bud, at very bottom of the slope nearest the creek, and quite morphologically distinct from puberula. Collected by: Andrea Case with Lynda Delph. Project-specific code: LGEORAC17109

Habitat: Roadside ditch along small highway, dry sandy soil. Ditch. Edge to full sun. Disturbance: roadise, mowing, traffic. Percent cover: <10% Total ~100 plants Population 0-15% damaged. Observed yellowing leaves, many stems clipped (likely by deer). Plants in late flower with lots of small bees visiting the flowers. Collected by: Andrea Case with Lynda Delph. Project-specific code: LAPPELD18154

Habitat: Open field with wildflowers, mostly prairie plants. Flat, slightly below road. Full sun. Disturbance: roadside, minimal mowing. Percent cover: <10% Total ~200 plants. Population 0-15% damaged. Observed yellowish leaves, some with yellow or brown necrotic spots; no chewed holes. Plants in late flower. Collected by: Andrea Case with Lynda Delph. Project-specific code: LAPPELD18153

Habitat: Pine flatwoods, much more closed canopy than savannahs, also fairly wet in places with pitcher plants! No topography along trail side. Understory, trail edge. Disturbance: none, just trail traffic. Percent cover: <2%; with 20-30% in understory cover and 90% in tree canopy cover Population 0% damaged (all healthy). Plants way smaller than at Georgia site! Plants in early flower. Collected by: Andrea Case with Chris Blackwood. Project-specific code: LPALUCB21023

Habitat: Pine savannah/prairie, pines + saw palmettos. No topography; in vicinity of saw palmettos. Full sun/edge of palmettos. Disturbance: minimal; plants along likely trail and off of horse trail. Associated Species: Sympatric with L. paludosa. Percent cover: <1% Population 0% damaged (all healthy). Plants in "medium" sized compared to other sites. Collected by: Andrea Case with Chris Blackwood. Project-specific code: LGLANCB21025

Habitat: On logs, not in soil. Understory. Disturbance: flooding. Associated Species: Rotting wood, lots of asters, palms, oaks. Percent cover: <5% Total ~15 plants. Population 0-15% damaged. Plants mostly in fruit. Collected by: Andrea Case with Mark Johnston. Project-specific code: LCARDAC21174

Habitat: Pines in forest behind ditch. On slight hillocks towards forestside of ditch. Not in ditch. At edge of non-grass. Full sun. Disturbance: Mowing- but NOT exactly where the plants are growing. Scattered Population 0% damaged (all healthy). Plants big. A few plants have been flowering for a while but many just started and some not yet flowering. No ripe fruit. Collected by: Andrea Case with Lynda Delph. Project-specific code: LPALUAC21007

Habitat: Edge of corn field in feeder creek, close enough to creek to avoid mower. Full sun. Disturbance: agriculture, mowing. Percent cover: <1% Total ~1 plants. Population 0% damaged (all healthy). Collected by: Andrea Case with Lynda Delph. Project-specific code: LCARDAC17098

Habitat: Understory herbs, weedy (poison ivy). Some on the bank of a smal creek, most on edge of trail (flat/no ditch). Understory. Disturbance: trail traffic. Associated Species: Sympatric with L. siphilitica. Percent cover: <5% Total ~15 plants. Population >35% damaged. Observed necrotic spots. Collected by: Andrea Case with Chris Blackwood. Project-specific code: LINFLSH21030

Habitat: Some on the bank of a smal creek, most on edge of trail (flat/no ditch). Understory. Disturbance: trail traffic. Associated Species: Understory herbs, weedys, poison ivy. Sympatric with L. inflata. Percent cover: <5% Total ~15 plants. Population 0-15% damaged. Observed necrotic spots. Collected by: Andrea Case with Svea Hall. Project-specific code: LSIPHSH21030

Habitat: Messy flooded woods, patchy vegetation. Bank edges. Understory. Disturbance: some possible foot traffic from hunters; lots of fallen trees. Associated Species: Sympatric with L. puberula. Percent cover: <1% Total ~20 plants. Collected by: Andrea Case with Mark Johnston. Project-specific code: LCARDMJ21183

Habitat: Messy flooded woods, patchy vegetation. Bank edges. Understory. Disturbance: some possible foot traffic from hunters; lots of fallen trees. Associated Species: Sympatric with L. cardinalis. Percent cover: <1% Total ~1 plants. Collected by: Andrea Case with Mark Johnston. Project-specific code: LPUBEMJ21183

Habitat: Very disturbed, maybe an access point to the creek from adjacent park. Bank. Edge. Disturbance: flooding, running water. Percent cover: ~5% Population 0% damaged (all healthy). Observed no disease or herbivory but abaxial leaf surface dark red. Only one plant had flowered, all others rosettes. Collected by: Andrea Case with Mark Johnston. Project-specific code: LCARDAC21181

Habitat: Deep ditch with very soft mud but no standing water. Edge. Disturbance: minimal- no mowing, very light traffic in adjacent road. Percent cover: <1% Total ~6 plants. Population 0% damaged (all healthy). Plants are weird-looking. Collected by: Andrea Case with Mark Johnston. Project-specific code: LCARDMJ21179

Habitat: Very weedy lawn. Completely flat, mostly center of lawn (not too close to the trees/fenced area). Understory. Disturbance: regularly mowed and lots of foot traffic (picnic area). Percent cover: <5% Total ~10 plants. Population 0-15% damaged. Observed some chlorosis. Collected by: Andrea Case with Svea Hall. Project-specific code: LINFLSH21038

Habitat: In wet ditch of feeder creek next to boardwalk and beneath tree canopy. Ditch. Edge. Disturbance: minimal. Associated Species: Sympatric with L. elongata and L. puberula. Percent cover: <1% Population 0-15% damaged. Observed browsed, chewed leaves. Collected by: Andrea Case with Johnny Randall. Project-specific code: LCARDJR17139

Habitat: Limestone ridge, slight slope. Edge. Disturbance: highly disturbed by recent invasive shrub removal, no mowing. Associated Species: Grasses, black walnut, quaking aspen, solidago, many asters, several rare species. Percent cover: <1% Population 0-15% damaged. Observed no herbivory, some necrotic spots on leaves, flowers healthy. Collected by: Andrea Case with Chris Blackwood. Project-specific code: LSPICCB17072

Habitat: Very wet field forested field (oaks) with small creek running N–S through the middle of the property; a few inflata plants were at the edge of the creek nearest to the house. Small mounds a few meters away from the creek near the mowed part of the property. Understory. Disturbance: mowing. Associated Species: Sympatric with Percent cover: <1% Population 0% damaged (all healthy). Collected by: Andrea Case with Lynda Delph and Chris Herlihy. Project-specific code: LINFLAC17103

Habitat: Very wet field forested field (oaks) with small creek running N–S through the middle of the property; cardinalis plants were in and along the creek. In and along creek, depression. Understory. Disturbance: mowing. Associated Species: Sympatric with L. inflata, L. nuttallii, and L. puberula. Percent cover: 5-10% Population 0% damaged (all healthy). Collected by: Andrea Case with Lynda Delph and Chris Herlihy. Project-specific code: LCARDAC17103 Owner did not want us to collect soil or whole plants, but allowed us to take leaves, seeds and photos; owner's son told us we could take a couple of plants; NB - owner's late husband apparently planted a lot of the wildflowers in the yard.

Habitat: Empty plowed field. Puddles in field, flat. Full sun. Disturbance: plowing. Associated Species: Sympatric with L. canbyii and L. puberula. Percent cover: <1% Total ~1 plant. Population 0% damaged (all healthy). Collected by: Andrea Case with Lynda Delph and Chris Herlihy. Project-specific code: LINFLCH17102

Habitat: On an upslope from rd ~3 ft from road, not near visible water. Full sun. Disturbance: roadside, just past ~3ft mowed strip. Associated Species: Forest edge (sumac, tulip tree, young oaks and red pines, queen annes lace, bee balm, black-eyed susans, clover (weedy). Sympatric with L. inflata. Total ~1 plants. Population 0% damaged (all healthy). Observed roadside, just past mowed strip. Collected by: Andrea Case with Svea Hall. Project-specific code: LSPICAC21033

Habitat: Wildflower wet meadow on side of Ischam Creek. Weedy. Flat area adjacent to creek. Understory. Disturbance: roadside. Total ~1 plants. Population 15-35% damaged. Observed chlorotic leaves w/ spots (photos). Collected by: Andrea Case with Svea Hall. Project-specific code: LINFLAC21031

Habitat: Very wet understory near large creek, lots of mosses and ferns. Lower than road, broad area with very wet soil but not standing water. Understory. Disturbance: garbage dumping, flooding, some foot traffic. Percent cover: <1% Total ~3 plants. 2 plants in flower along the access road to the boat launch, 1 plant was in fruit along village creek. Collected by: Andrea Case with Mark Johnston. Project-specific code: LCARDAC21184

Habitat: Large open field, somewhat prairie like in center, standing water at edge. L APPE in center, drier and v flat, open. Full sun. Disturbance: little to none- would be really hard to mow. Associated Species: Rhexia abundant, mostly grass, asters. Sympatric with L. flaccidifolia. Percent cover: <1%. Total ~2 plants. Population >65% damaged. Observed lots of LFLAC-necrotic spots on most leaves, some had lost aprox 1/2 of the leaves- only 2 L app, one had lost main stem. Collected by: Andrea Case with Chris Blackwood. Project-specific code: LAPPECB21015 L. appe. is a "maybe"- plants were really small for appendiculata and leaves not quite typical (more spicata-like). one of the two was esp. small + spicata-like, LATE flower, likely more of them given the no. of iNat records

Habitat: Creekside and lakeside, weedy, tons of PI, asters. At creek bank, just above water line, also lakeside. Understory. Disturbance: trail traffic, no mowing. Associated Species: Sympatric with L. inflata. Percent cover: <1%, found 5 plants at lake and 2 at creek Population 0% damaged (all healthy). Plants just starting to flower. Collected by: Andrea Case. Project-specific code: LCARDAC21047

Habitat: Creekside and lakeside, weedy, tons of PI, asters. Lake side along trail near play area.Eedge. Disturbance: trail traffic, no mowing. Associated Species: Sympatric with L. cardinalis. Percent cover: <1% Total ~2 plants Population 0% damaged (all healthy). Plants all in fruit. Collected by: Andrea Case. Project-specific code: LINFLAC21047