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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Desmanthus illinoensis
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    ROSALES
 FAMILY:   MIMOSACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Desmanthus illinoensis
 AUTHORITY:  (Michx.) MacM.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    ILLINOIS BUNDLEFLOWER
    ILLINOIS MIMOSA
    PRAIRIE MIMOSA
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: DEIL
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
         MESIC
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
         MESIC
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         LIMESTONE
     CULTURAL
       AGRICULTURAL FIELD
         PASTURELAND
       DEVELOPED LAND
       RESTORATION
         PRAIRIE
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       CALHOUN         CASS            COLES
   COOK            CRAWFORD        FRANKLIN        FULTON          GALLATIN
   GREENE          GRUNDY          HARDIN          JACKSON         JERSEY
   JOHNSON         KANE            KANKAKEE        KENDALL         MACON
   MACOUPIN        MADISON         MARSHALL        MASON           MASSAC
   MENARD          MONROE          MORGAN          MOULTRIE        OGLE
   PEORIA          PERRY           PIKE            PULASKI         RANDOLPH
   ST. CLAIR       SALINE          SANGAMON        TAZEWELL        UNION
   WILL            WILLIAMSON
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:    Compound  (pinnately)
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
 
    INFLORESCENCE:   Head
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   White
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Legume
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Leaves are bipinnate; numerous leaflets are often ciliate.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      6         MONTH END-      8
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect     Unisexual
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed along levees.
     This is a good soil builder -- habitat on alluvial soils.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     NITROGEN FIXING   Maybe
 
 FUNCTIONAL DATA COMMENTS:
     Species may form nodules.
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:    No data entered
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:
     FOOD VALUE:  No data entered
     COVER VALUE:  No data entered
 
 LIVESTOCK PALATABILITY DATA:
     CATTLE FORAGE: Good       SHEEP FORAGE:  No data    HORSE FORAGE:  No data
     GOAT FORAGE:   No data    ENERGY VALUE:  No data    PROTEIN VALUE: High
     POISONOUS (LIVESTOCK):  No data entered
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     ESTABLISHMENT REQUIREMENTS:  Easy
     SHORT-TERM REVEGETATION POTENTIAL:  Good
 
     LONG-TERM REVEGETATION POTENTIAL:  Good
     WEEDINESS:   Non-weedy
     SEED AVAILABILITY:   Fair
 
 
 
 PROCUREMENT COMMENTS:
     Seed company number: 9.
 
 PROPAGATION COMMENTS:
         Form - seed.
 
 GENERAL COMMENTS:
     Species is drought resistent and adaptable to a wide range of soils
     and climates.
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Jones, G. N.  1963.  Flora of Illinois.  Third ed.  American Midland Naturalist
     Monograph 7.  University of Notre Dame, Indiana.  401 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist.  1963.  Manual of vascular plants of north-
     eastern United States and adjacent Canada.  Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
     New York.  810 pp.
Fernald, M. L.  1950.  Gray's manual of botany.  8th ed.  American Book Co.,
     New York.  1632 pp.
Anon.  1981.  Illinois plants for habitat restoration.  Illinois Department of
     Conservation, Mining Program.  Springfield, Illinois.  61 pp.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Desmanthus illinoensis
 
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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