Titan Big-headed Ant

Pheidole titanis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae

A nurse plant is one that serves the ecological role of helping seedlings establish themselves, and of protecting young plants from harsh conditions. This effect is particularly well studied among plant communities in xeric environments. Effects Overstory trees and shrubs have a facilitative effect on the establishment of understory plants.

Distribution

Titan Big-headed Ant — (c) Jake Nitta, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jake Nitta · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 27Mexico · 4

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Jake Nitta, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jake Nitta · CC-BY DescriptionNurse plant, Wikipedia contributors

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