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Lakela’s Mint and Savannas Mint:status and long‐term stability
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Dicerandra spp. (Lamiaceae)
• Highest ranked genus of rare southeastern endemic plants
• Restricted to scrub or sandhillhabitat on upland/ridge systems; all allopatric
• 4 annual & 5 perennial mint species
• 7 species have extremely small geographic ranges (those in peninsular FL)
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Dicerandra species
D. immaculata v. immaculata D. immaculata v. savannarum
D. frutescens
D. christmanii
D. modestaD. thinicola
D. cornutissima
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Each has a unique blend of ‘essential oils’ produced and stored in glandular capsules on the leaf surfaces – call tell species apart by smell
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Adapted to well drained soil within higher elevations on ridge systems by rapid development of long, deep roots
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D. cornutissima
D. thinicola
D. immaculata var. immaculata
D. modesta
D. christmanii
D. frutescens
D. immaculata var. savannarum
Dicerandradistributions
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Lakela's mint (Dicerandra immaculata var. immaculata)
• Described by Olga Lakela in 1963
• Listed as endangered May 15, 1985
• 5 wild (historical) populations
• 3 introduced populations
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Savannas mint (Dicerandra immaculata var. savannarum)
• Discovered by IRC in 1984
• 1 natural population:– Privately‐owned, 3 adjacent small properties in a new subdivision
– Overgrowth and disturbance: population nearly gone
• 3 introduced populations
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~3 mi range of Lakela’s Mint
sole natural population of Savannas Mint
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Lakela’s Mint
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400 800 >1600 600
>3,000 <100
0 792 89 >1,000 800
>5,000 <150
>10000 1200
> 6,000 ~450 >129 29
0 314 >800
Lakela’s Mint
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400 800 >1600 600
>3,000 <100
0 792 89 >1,000 800
>5,000 <150
>10000 1200
> 6,000 ~450 >129 29
0 314 >800
Lakela’s Mint
Historically : ~25,000Current : ~3,000
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Savannas Mint
~180 8 22
0 575 <100
0 903 >900
0 1614 >3000
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Savannas Mint
~180 8 22
0 575 <100
0 903 >900
0 1614 >3000
Historically : ~180Current : >4,000
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Comparative research by Bok Tower Gardens
• ex situ germplasm preservation: – Ambient, 7°C, ‐20°C, cryogenic storage– Propagation and germination trials
• in situ preservation• Basic biology • Population dynamics
– Life cycle, demography– Spatial seedling recruitment, seed limited– population viability analysis– modelling climate change impacts
• Reproduction & ecology– Mating system– Pollinators– Seed predators
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Chromosome counts: 2n=32
Determined ploidy of individuals in:edge, centersun, shade
Results = both species have 32 chromosomesall plants/pops are diploid
Chromosome counts & ploidy levels
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Very low germination rates:2‐10% Savannas Mint0‐2% Lakela’s Mint
Short‐lived seed bank: <1 yr in ambient 2‐3 yrs at 7°C >3 yrs (very low) ‐20°C Cryogenic offers long‐term option
Seed biology:
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Savannas Mint (3.2%)No ‘treatment’ enhances germinationDirect sow in sand bestNo germination under pine litter or with oak leachate
Lakela’s Mint (2.4%)Liquid smoke enhanced germination
Both speciesOak and pine may negatively impact germinationOpen, bare sand needed for germination
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Seed quality
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Combined seed quality across harvest years
• Most seeds empty• % intact similar to germination
rate• Fungal contamination a
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pseudoscorpion
Bark lice
Harvester ant
Spitting spider
Tawny crazy ant
Gall midge
Crab spider
Erythraeid mite
Aphis hairy toad‐body
Swollen powder bug
Wherever there were seeds….
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Flowering is just finishing up (some petals or a final flower, some residual brown flower remnants)
All flowers gone (no flower remnants, calyxes still fresh/pink)
Most calyxes starting to brown:
calyxes fully brown & dried, seeds fully ripe, dehiscing.
Common seed predators favored early stages of seed development
Savannas Mint study currently underway
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• Facultative outcrossers
• cross‐pollination 2x more successful than selfing
Autonomous = spontaneous self‐pollination; Asexual = agamospermy; Geitonogamy = self‐pollination; Crossing = cross‐pollination; and Insect = insect‐pollinated control. Means with different letters are significantly different (Tukey’s means separation test, P\0.05)
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Lakela’s Mint:Pollinator
observations
• 2012 & 2014 study: >93% pollinators are non‐native honeybees, 7% are native pollinators (bumblebees, butterflies, moths, flies, and a wasp)
• Presumed similar for Savannas Mint (research planned….)
Honey bee (Aphis mellifera)
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• Honeybees visit plants…– in sunny habitat– with large floral displays– Predominantly visited flowers within a plant
• Native pollinators visit plants…– sun or shade– mostly with large floral displays, but not as much– Visited 1‐2 flowers within a plant, then moved to next plant
Honeybees visit 1.5x times more flowers within a plant than natives.
May promote selfing
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Implications of non‐native honeybee pollinators:
Primarily only large plants in full sun get pollinated: not all plants contribute to next generation = loss of genetic diversity with each successive generation
Encourages selfing inbreeding depression over time
Half as many seeds may be produced through selfing
Populations need lots of plants and in open sunny areas!
• Most seeds empty or destroyed by fungus/seed predators• Only ~4% (avg of both species) seed viability• Seeds probably only last < 1 year in seedbank• Pollinator behavior may be reducing seed number to half and reducing genetic diversity each generation• Increasing overgrowth in populations contributing greatly to reproductive weakness
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Fewer viable seeds produced by most genotypes in areas of lower light and greater canopy cover
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Habitat critical to species survival
• Grows in open, sunny habitat (i.e., “gap specialist”)
• Both sand and canopy gaps essential
• Filtered sunlight
• Herbaceous scrub associates & lichen positive
• pines and hickories, preferred over oaks
• Invasive competitors extremely detrimental
Likes pine or hickory treeline
Overgrowth of oaks bad
Needs 40‐60% bare sandDoes best with few woody species in vicinity, but likes small herbaceous Scrub
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Influence of community structure on the spatial distribution of critically endangered Dicerandra immaculata var.immaculata (Lamiaceae) at wild, introduced, and extirpated locations in Florida scrub. Matthew L. Richardson, Montserrat L. J. Watson, Cheryl L. Peterson. Plant Ecol (2013) 214:443–453.
Parent Genotype and Environmental Factors Influence Introduction Success of the Critically Endangered Savannas Mint (Dicerandra immaculata var. savannarum). Cheryl L. Peterson, Gregory S. Kaufmann, Christopher Vandello, and Matthew L. Richardson. PloS One. April 2013.
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What a mint wants….
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How to kill a mint….
Cogon grass and other outcompeting speciesovergrowth Love vine quickly kills all mints in an area
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Long‐term predictions: looking at the potential influence of climate two
ways:
Controlled condition Germination trials (Savannas Mint)
Faster germination with higher temps, but weeds much more abundant and watering needs much higher
Population viability modeling (Lakela’s Mint)
Based on 10 yrs data, 2 sites, 40,000 observations
Dr. Matthew Richardson, University of D.C.Dr. David Zaya, Illinois Natural History SurveyCheryl L. Peterson, Bok Tower GardensDr. Eric Menges, Archbold Biological Station
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Site 1: Augmented Predicted response to current versus changing climate
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Site 1: Augmented
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Site 2: Wild
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Site 2: Wild
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Summary:
~3,000 Lakela’s Mint remaining: 5 natural, 3 introduced sites – all declining
~ 4,000 Savannas Mint remaining: 1 natural, 3 introduced sites –just 1‐2 introduced populations may be stable
ADDITIONAL PROTECTED, MANAGED POPULATIONS CRITICALLY NEEDED
Sufficiently large populations with suitable habitat essential to prevent extinction
Populations less stable with climate change; can probably thrive with improved habitat
Vital to prevent extinction = remove overgrowth, love line, runner oaks, cogon grass maintain canopy and sand gaps
Patchy, prescribed fire likely optimumin lieu of fire ‐ gentle, regular hand maintenance may be key to preservation
(prescribed fire may enhance seed germination in Lakela’s Mint)
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University of the District of Columbia ‐ Dr. Matthew RichardsonUniversity of Illinois ‐ Dr. David Zaya, Katherine KuceraSt. Lucie County – Amy Griffin, Amanda Thompson, Mike MiddlebrookUSFWS – Marilyn Knight, Dave Bender, Paula Halupa, many othersHarbor Branch Oceanographic Institute/FAU – Katha Kissman, Stewart
MoreauxIndian River County ‐ Beth Powell, additional IRC staff and volunteersVolunteers: Jerry Burns, Dick Diener, Dave Martin, Ric Stange, Jackie
McIntyre, Al Smith, M. Watson, M. Bell, R. Bell, G. Bupp, and J. Thompson, Paige van Antwerp, many others…
and many, many others….!
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