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Iva imbricata (seacoast marsh elder)

Synonyms: Baillieria caroliniana; Iva integrifolia (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Iva imbricata is a North American species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names dune marsh-elder and seacoast marsh elder. It is native to Cuba, the Bahamas, and coastal areas of the United States from Texas to Virginia. It is a low shrub, found on sand dunes and the upper beach. It is a highly salt tolerant plant, and is often the perennial plant closest to the ocean.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Predators

Peromyscus polionotus (oldfield mouse)[3]
Pseudococcus spanocera (Florida trochanter mealybug)[4]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0