Dichondra carolinensis, commonly known as Carolina ponysfoot, is a small herbaceous plant native to Bermuda and the south-eastern United States.
Description D. carolinensis is a spreading perennial. Its leaves are 1 to 3 centimeters in width, with petioles ranging in length from 1 to 4 centimeters.Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 861. Print.
Distribution and habitat This species' native range stretches from Virginia to Florida and westward to Arkansas and Texas. It can be found in Bermuda and has also been reported in the Bahamas.Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
D. carolinensis occurs in several types of communities, such as within pine-oak savannas and woods. It has displayed preference for high levels of light and dry loamy soil.Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R. K. Godfrey, Lisa Keppner, Walter Kittredge, and R. Komarek. States and Counties: Florida: Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Taylor, and Washington. Georgia: Grady.
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