A new Massachusetts record for Ornithopus sativus (fabaceae)

摘要

Ornithopus sativus Brot. Massachusetts: Nantucket Co., Nantucket, 41 deg 17.52 min N, 69 deg 59.70 min W, in sandy disturbed area ca. 200 ft. W of Polpis Rd. 0.65 mi. S of intersection with Quidnet Rd., small population with Panicum spp., Desmodium ciliare, and Rubus spp. on sandy slope N and W of constructed wetland, 29 Aug 2000, Standley s.n. (NEBC). A small population of the introduced European legume Ornithopus sativus subsp, sativus was found in a disturbed sandy area on Nantucket. The taxon is reported to occur in Suffolk Co., New York (Gleason and Cronquist 1991; Magee and Ahles 1999; Mitchell 1986), but has not previously been recorded in Massachusetts (Sorrie and Dunwiddie 1996; Sorrie and Somers 1999), Rhode Island (Gould et al. 1998), Maine (Campbell et al. 1995), or the southeastern United States (Isley 1990). No specimens were found in the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) or New England Botanical Club herbaria (K. Searcy and R. Angelo, pers. comm.).