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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Dichanthelium oligosanthes
 
 
 CLASS:    MONOCOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    CYPERALES
 FAMILY:   POACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Dichanthelium oligosanthes
 AUTHORITY:  (Schult.) Gould
 
 COMMON NAMES:
 NO SELECTED RECORDS IN THE SPECIFIED RANGE
 
 SYNONOMY:
     Panicum oligosanthes Schult.
 
 PLANTS CODE: DIOL
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
       SAND PRAIRIE
     SAVANNA
       TYPICAL SAVANNA
       SAND SAVANNA
     WETLAND
       BORDER OF LAKE
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         SANDSTONE
         LIMESTONE
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           BOONE           CALHOUN         CASS            CHAMPAIGN
   CHRISTIAN       COOK            DOUGLAS         DUPAGE          EDGAR
   FAYETTE         FORD            HARDIN          JACKSON         KANKAKEE
   KENDALL         LAKE            MCHENRY         MACOUPIN        MASON
   MENARD          MONROE          MONTGOMERY      MORGAN          OGLE
   PEORIA          POPE            ST. CLAIR       SANGAMON        SCOTT
   SHELBY          TAZEWELL        WILL            WINNEBAGO       WOODFORD
 
 
 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:   Complete
    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 oligosanthes
 
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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