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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Acer ginnala
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    SAPINDALES
 FAMILY:   ACERACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Acer ginnala
 AUTHORITY:  Maxim.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    AMUR MAPLE
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: ACGI
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     CULTURAL
       DEVELOPED LAND
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     NO
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   COOK            DUPAGE          JACKSON         UNION
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-woody
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:     Opposite
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Doubly Serrate   Lobed  (palmately)
    LEAF VENATION:  Palmate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Ovate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Panicle
    FLOWER COLOR:   White
    FRUIT:   Samara
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Introduced-  Asia
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Rare
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 POPULATION STATUS COMMENTS:
     rarely escapes from cultivation
 
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Tree   Shrub
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Unisexual   -monoecious
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR DISPERSAL AGENTS:   WIND
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   INSECT
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Low
     LANDSCAPING:  YES
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
Meeuse, B. J. D.  1961.  The story of pollination.  Ronald Press Company,
     New York.  243 pp.
 
 OTHER REFERENCES:
     Rehder, Alfred, 1937.  Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs, MacMillian
     Company, New York.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Acer ginnala
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015