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Ciliate-leaf Tickseed (Coreopsis integrifolia)

The Chipola River Tickseed is found in low woodlands and floodplains. These plants grow in sporadic clusters along the Chipola River banks and can often be found mingling with Marsh Ferns, Poison Ivy, and Saw Palmettos.

 Photo Credit: Kelly Coles
  • Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • State: FL, GA, SC
  • Nature Serve ID: 159754
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb
  • Date Inducted in National Collection: 11/27/2023
Description:

Where is Ciliate-leaf Tickseed (Coreopsis integrifolia) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Ciliate-leaf Tickseed can be found in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina

Which CPC Partners conserve Ciliate-leaf Tickseed (Coreopsis integrifolia)?

  • Atlanta Botanical Garden

    Not Sponsored
    Conservation Actions
    Assigned 11/27/23

  • The Jones Center at Ichauway

    Not Sponsored
    Assigned 04/22/24
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    Conservation Actions

    William Morton
    • 11/17/2023

    Chipola River, Dye-Flower, Fringe-leaf Tickseed: a Coreopsis with Many Aliases Worth the Wait

    Chipola River Tickseed (Coreopsis integrifolia) is a state and globally critically imperiled wildflower that primarily grows in limestone soils along floodplains. In Florida, this species mainly occurs along the Chipola River, and reaching several subpopulations often requires a kayak or canoe. In October 2023, Atlanta Botanical Garden (ABG) staff, Kelly Coles (Gulf Coast Manager) and Ashton Holliday-Goulart (Gulf Coast Field Technician) took on this feat and kayaked sections of the Chipola River and Holmes Creek.

     

    Hanna Rosner-Katz (Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI)) led ABG staff during the first site assessment to confirm health of extant populations at the Upper Chipola River Management Area. The team paddled approximately five miles to access multiple subpopulations of two elemental occurrences (EO) of C.integrifolia. Many of the plants were flowering or budding but were not yet ready to be bagged for seed collection. 

     

    Another population at Holmes Creek was estimated by FNAI to be approximately 17,000+ individuals, with one subpopulation harboring 15,000. However, the majority of plants here had not yet bloomed. Therefore, ABG staff only bagged 30 plants for future seed collection. Coles and Holliday-Goulart paddled to several other smaller pockets of C. integrifolia along the stream, and at the second subpopulation, an estimated plant count of 1,500 were observed. Again, most of these were still in bud so only 21 plants in this area were bagged.

     

    Coles will return a third time to this population to collect bagged seeds and potentially bag more individuals for seed collection.

     

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    Nomenclature
    Taxon Coreopsis integrifolia
    Authority Poir.
    Family Asteraceae
    CPC Number 8134
    ITIS 37137
    USDA COIN4
    Duration Perennial
    Common Names
    Associated Scientific Names Coreopsis integrifolia
    Distribution
    State Rank
    State State Rank
    Florida S1
    Georgia S1S2
    South Carolina S1
    Ecological Relationships

    Photos

    The Chipola River Tickseed is found in low woodlands and floodplains. These plants grow in sporadic clusters along the Chipola River banks and can often be found mingling with Marsh Ferns, Poison Ivy, and Saw Palmettos.

    Photo Credit: Kelly Coles

    The Chipola River Tickseed grows in full sun to partial shade and grows to an average height of 40-60cm. Single flowers bloom from September to late October. These plants spread easily because of their stoloniferous growing habit. This Coreopsis may form dense colonies in optimum growing conditions, but is not considered to be invasive. The areas searched in 2023 had dense, sporadic colonies throughout this stretch of the river.

    Photo Credit: Kelly Coles

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