Eurybia jonesiae

Taxobox
name = Jones's Aster
status = G3
status_system = TNC
status_ref = Cite web
publisher =NatureServe
title = Eurybia jonesiae
work = NatureServe Explorer
url = http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Eurybia+jonesiae+
accessdate = 2007-12-15]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Astereae
genus = "Eurybia"
species = "E. jonesiae"
binomial = "Eurybia jonesiae"
binomial_authority = (Lamboy) G.L. Nesom

"Eurybia jonesiae", commonly known as Jones's aster or Almut's wood aster, is an herbaceous perennial endemic to the U.S. States of Georgia and Alabama in the southeast of the country. It is found primarily in the Piedmont Region in rich oak-hickory-pine forest. Within these rich woods, it has an affinity for moist soils with habitats that include ravines, rocky ridges, and wooded slopes in the vicinity of rivers and streams. Due to its restricted range it is considered threatened by the Nature Conservancy. It has often been misidentified as "Eurybia spectabilis" and was only declared a separate species quite recently in 1988. The flowers emerge in the late summer and persist into the fall bearing cream-coloured ray florets that become purple and yellow disc florets.

Distribution and habitat

"E. jonesiae" is present in only the Piedmont Region of Alabama and Georgia in the southeastern United States. In this relatively small area, ranging from 100 to 400 metres above sea level, it is found in rich oak-hickory-pine forests in moist soils. It is most common along the wooded slopes of rivers or streams, in moist ravines and on rocky ridges.Citation
last =Brouillet
first =Luc
contribution =Eurybia jonesiae
year =2006
title =Flora of North America
editor-last =Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 1993+
volume =20
pages =373
contribution-url =http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066752
place=New York & Oxford
publisher =Oxford University Press]

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