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Asparagus densiflorus (Sprenger's asparagus fern)

Synonyms: Asparagopsis densiflora; Asparagus myriocladus; Asparagus sarmentosus comatus; Asparagus sarmentosus densiflorus; Protasparagus densiflorus

Wikipedia Abstract

Asparagus densiflorus, is a plant native to southern Africa from Mozambique to South Africa. A. densiflorus has been confused with A. aethiopicus, Sprenger's Asparagus, now regarded as a separate species, so that information under the name A. densiflorus will often refer to A. aethiopicus.
View Wikipedia Record: Asparagus densiflorus

Invasive Species

Asparagus densiflorus, commonly known as asparagus fern, is not a true fern. It reproduces by seed. A. densiflorus is known to invade a variety of habitats, and its impacts include smothering of forest understory and ground cover and preventing the regeneration of canopy species.
View ISSG Record: Asparagus densiflorus

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  

Predators

Aphis nasturtii[2]
Aspidiotus nerii (ivy scale)[2]
Callopistria floridensis (Florida fern caterpillar)[3]
Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug)[4]
Myzus ascalonicus (Shallot aphid)[2]
Nipaecoccus viridis (karoo thorn mealybug)[4]
Saissetia coffeae (brown scale)[2]

Distribution

Mozambique (Inhaca Is.) to S. Africa; S. Africa;

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Govaerts R., 09-Jul-2004, WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants ♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Invasive Status provided by Global Invasive Species Database Downloaded on 10 May 2011.
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
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Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access