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2469 - Woodland (Wild) - 2010-04-07
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Houstonia procumbens

Locality: Florida, USA - Suwannee River area of Florida, sandy loam soil on a mowed, steep hillside road cut that, though moist in March 2010 when the pictures were taken, probably dries severly in the summer. Because of the excellend drainage and its geneerally warm winters, the soil is unlikely to experience frost heaving.
Photographer: John Gyer
Note: The plant is listed as a prennial of open sandy areas in Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas, pg 983. (Sent: Trillium-l@nic.surfnet.nl)

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