Re: LA: Dormancy?
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- Subject: Re: LA: Dormancy?
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- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 22:28:49 -0400
From: "william b. cook" <billc@atlantic.net>
Patrick,
> In Louisiana, the swamps do not dry out in summer. Oh, okay, this year
may
> be an exception, but in the swamp habitat of I. giganticaerulea, the
irises
> can expect to be in standing water all year.
I. brevicaulis is not found in standing
> water, but rather in low meadows. It generally goes dormant in summer.
There are some native stands of Iris giganticaerula in neighboring
Citrus County, and possibly in Levy County too. They are all in swamps,
which happen to be nature preserves. This past spring, I saw some of this
species blooming in a drainage canal in Crystal River, outside the nature
preserve, but between the road and the plants was an eight foot
Alligator...
Iris brevicaulis is found wild from Florida to Louisiana to Kentucky
and even Ohio. Its range may be greater. In Kentucky, it went dormant
some years, but not in others depending on the rainfall.
Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon, Florida. USDA Zone 8/9 Sunset Zone 28/26
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