Prickly Scorpion's Tail

Scorpiurus muricatus L.

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Scorpiurus muricatus (Prickly Scorpion's Tail) is a species of annual herb in the family legumes. They have a self-supporting growth form. They have compound, broad leaves and dry fruit. Individuals can grow to 0.3 m.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980071
Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span ends within one year after germination, e.g. a winter annual germinating in the autumn and flowering in the spring (esp. in Mediterranean climates), approximately synonymous to therophyte, c.f. biennial, ephemeral, perennial, c.f. also of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic.
Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary, http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossarya_h.html#annual

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
Definition: whole plant herbaceous

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/self-supportingGrowthForm
Definition: an organism relying on its own supportive tissues rather than a climbing habit to achieve vertical growth

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0020043
Definition: A leaf having two or more distinct leaflets that are evident as such from early in development

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002359
Definition: A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's width being notably higher than its length.

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/dryFruit
Definition: A fruit that lacks succulent tissue at maturity.
Attribution: http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm

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EOL has data for 30 attributes, including:

has dispersal vector
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/HasDispersalVector
- Definition: which agent of biological dispersal moves a dispersal unit, or organism, away from its birth population to another location or population in which the individual will reproduce.
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispersal_vector
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autochory
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/autochory
- Definition: Seed dispersal by gravity, without the assistance of any dispersal vector (= unassisted dispersal).
- Attribution: http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Pennsylvania
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6254927
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Leaf Complexity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0007484
- Definition: whether a leaf is intricate or compounded
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compound
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0020043
- Definition: A leaf having two or more distinct leaflets that are evident as such from early in development
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leaf size class
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0003958
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small
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000587
- Definition: A size quality which is relatively low.
- Comment: Also known as slight or decreased size
- Attribution: From Phenotype and Trait Ontology
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photosynthetic pathway
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/photosyntheticPathway
- Definition: the biochemical pathway a plant uses to gain carbon for growth and reproduction. Plants have evolved three photosynthetic pathways, each in response to distinct environmental conditions, resulting in differences in their ecological patterns of growth and distribution.
- Comment: https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-ecology-of-photosynthetic-pathways-15785165
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c3 photosynthetic plant
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q286954
- Definition: one of three metabolic pathways for carbon fixation in photosynthesis, along with C4 and CAM. This process converts carbon dioxide and ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP, a 5-carbon sugar) into 3-phosphoglycerate through the following reaction:\r\n\r\nCO2 + H2O + RuBP → (2) 3-phosphoglycerate\r\n\r\nThis reaction occurs in all plants as the first step of the Calvin–Benson cycle.
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post-fire seedling emergence
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PostFireSeedlingEmergence
- Definition: Seedling density per pre-fire mature individuals emerging during the first year after fire (seedlings/mature).
- Attribution: BROT trait database. Traits: units and categories (SeedlEmerg), http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
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yes
- URI: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/373066001
- Attribution: http://ihtsdo.org
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post-fire seedling survival
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PostFireSeedlingSurvival
- Definition: Proportion of seedlings surviving first dry season after fire.
- Attribution: BROT trait database. Traits: units and categories (SeedlSurv), http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
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high
- URI: http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C25227
- Definition: An elevated level or position or degree; greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount.
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propagule
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Propagule
- Definition: The dispersal unit for sexual regeneration.
- Attribution: BROT trait database. Traits: units and categories (Propagule), http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm;
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fruit
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0009001
- Definition: A multi-tissue plant structure (PO:0025496) that develops from a gynoecium (PO:0009062) and may have as parts one or more seeds (PO:0009010)
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://www.plantontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/po.owl
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resprout ability after fire
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/RespFire
- Definition: Resprouting ability one year after being ca. 100% scorched or burned by fire.
- Attribution: BROT trait database. Traits: units and categories (RespFire), http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm;
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none
- URI: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/260413007
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seed bank
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeedBank
- Definition: Location of persistent seed bank (longevity > 1 yr).
- Attribution: BROT trait database. Traits: units and categories (SeedBank), http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
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soil
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00001998
- Definition: Any material within 2 m from the Earth's surface that is in contact with the atmosphere, with the exclusion of living organisms, areas with continuous ice not covered by other material, and water bodies deeper than 2 m.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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photoautotroph
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
- Definition: An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.
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type specimen repository
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
- Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of prickly scorpion's-tail. View this species on GBIF

2007 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy cc-by-nc-sa-3.0