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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Dichanthelium latifolium
 
 
 CLASS:    MONOCOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    CYPERALES
 FAMILY:   POACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Dichanthelium latifolium
 AUTHORITY:  (L.) Gould & Clark
 
 COMMON NAMES:
 NO SELECTED RECORDS IN THE SPECIFIED RANGE
 
 SYNONOMY:
     Panicum latifolium L.
 
 PLANTS CODE: DILA8
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
       FLATWOODS
       THICKETS
     WETLAND
       BORDER OF LAKE
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         SANDSTONE
       BLUFF
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       BOND            BOONE           BROWN
   CALHOUN         CARROLL         CASS            CHAMPAIGN       CHRISTIAN
   CLARK           COOK            CRAWFORD        CUMBERLAND      DEKALB
   DOUGLAS         DUPAGE          EFFINGHAM       FAYETTE         FRANKLIN
   FULTON          GALLATIN        GREENE          GRUNDY          HANCOCK
   HARDIN          HENDERSON       HENRY           JACKSON         JEFFERSON
   JERSEY          JO DAVIESS      JOHNSON         KANE            KANKAKEE
   LAKE            LASALLE         LAWRENCE        LEE             LOGAN
   MCHENRY         MACON           MACOUPIN        MADISON         MARION
   MARSHALL        MASON           MASSAC          MENARD          MONROE
   MONTGOMERY      MOULTRIE        OGLE            PEORIA          PERRY
   PIATT           PIKE            POPE            PULASKI         RANDOLPH
   RICHLAND        ST. CLAIR       SALINE          SANGAMON        SCHUYLER
   SCOTT           SHELBY          TAZEWELL        UNION           VERMILION
   WABASH          WASHINGTON      WHITE           WILL            WILLIAMSON
   WINNEBAGO
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Monocot
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (fibrous)
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Parallel
    LEAF SHAPE:     Linear
    INFLORESCENCE:   Panicle
    FLOWER MEROUS:  3
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Grain
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
 
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Grasslike
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      6         MONTH END-     10
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:    No data entered
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1967-continuing.  The illustrated flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Dichanthelium latifolium
 
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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