Brickellia cordifolia
Species of flowering plant
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Brickellia cordifolia is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to southeastern United States in the states of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.[3] Common names are Flyr's nemesis[4][5] or Flyr's brickellbush.[6]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Brickellia |
| Species: | B. cordifolia |
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Brickellia cordifolia is a perennial herb up to 150 cm (60 inches) tall. It produces many small flower heads with pale yellow-green disc florets but no ray florets. It grows in most pine and oak woodlands at low elevations.[7][8]
Conservation
NatureServe ranks Brickellia cordifolia as G3, indicating that it is globally vulnerable.[1] The global status was last reviewed on 5 October 2015, and NatureServe notes that the rank needs review.[1] The species is known from northern Florida and the adjacent Coastal Plain of Georgia and Alabama, with about 43 occurrences and an estimated global abundance of 250–2,500 individuals.[1] Threats include clear-cutting, conversion to pine plantations, invasive plants, habitat fragmentation, and possibly wildfire suppression.[1] NatureServe recommends monitoring known populations, surveying potential habitat, protecting high-quality sites, and using management actions such as growing-season fire in pine-oak woods every three to five years where appropriate.[1] The species has no status under the United States Endangered Species Act.[1]
