Nestronia umbellula

Classification	Dicots
Family	Santalaceae
Family (Traditional)	Santalaceae
Genus	Nestronia
Species:	Nestronia umbellula Raf.
Common Name	Leechbrush
Growth Habit	shrub
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: Green; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Drupe; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	7
Status	Native; TN[S1] KY[S1] (State Rank); G4 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Wayne (KY), Coffee (TN), Hamilton (TN), Humphreys (TN), Marion (TN), Polk (TN), Rhea (TN), Van Buren (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, KNK, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100644531	Wayne	Kentucky	Gary W. Libby	EKY Nestronia umbellula
31234100644549	Wayne	Kentucky	Gary W. Libby	EKY Nestronia umbellula
TENN-V-0085451	Coffee	Tennessee		TENN Nestronia umbellula
UCHT010471	Hamilton	Tennessee		UCHT Nestronia umbellula
31234100644523	Wayne	Kentucky	Gary W. Libby	EKY Nestronia umbellula
31973000018753	Wayne	Kentucky		KNK Nestronia umbellula
TENN-V-0085456	Polk	Tennessee		TENN Nestronia umbellula
UCHT010478	Polk	Tennessee		UCHT Nestronia umbellula
APSC0069913	Coffee	Tennessee		APSC Nestronia umbellula
TENN-V-0085457	Van Buren	Tennessee		TENN Nestronia umbellula
UCHT010469	Van Buren	Tennessee		UCHT Nestronia umbellula
UCHT010477	Rhea	Tennessee		UCHT Nestronia umbellula
31973000018754	Wayne	Kentucky		KNK Nestronia umbellula
TENN-V-0085455	Marion	Tennessee		TENN Nestronia umbellula
TENN-V-0085453	Hamilton	Tennessee		TENN Nestronia umbellula
UCHT010470	Hamilton	Tennessee		UCHT Nestronia umbellula
UCHT010480	Marion	Tennessee		UCHT Nestronia umbellula
UOS05861	Van Buren	Tennessee	Chris A. Fleming	UOS Nestronia umbellula
TENN-V-0085452	Hamilton	Tennessee		TENN Nestronia umbellula
TENN-V-0085454	Hamilton	Tennessee		TENN Nestronia umbellula
UCHT010479	Humphreys	Tennessee		UCHT Nestronia umbellula
UCHT010472	Polk	Tennessee		UCHT Nestronia umbellula

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Nestronia umbellula

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