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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Echinodorus cordifolius
 
 
 CLASS:    MONOCOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    ALISMATALES
 FAMILY:   ALISMATACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Echinodorus cordifolius
 AUTHORITY:  (L.) Griseb.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    CREEPING BURHEAD
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: ECCO3
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     WETLAND
       SWAMP
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       BROWN           CALHOUN         CARROLL
   CASS            CHAMPAIGN       CHRISTIAN       CRAWFORD        FRANKLIN
   FULTON          GREENE          HENDERSON       JACKSON         JERSEY
   LOGAN           MCDONOUGH       MACOUPIN        MADISON         MASON
   MASSAC          MENARD          MONROE          MORGAN          PEORIA
   PIATT           PULASKI         ST. CLAIR       SCOTT           UNION
 
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Monocot
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (rhizomes)   (tubers)
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:    Basal
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Parallel
    LEAF SHAPE:     Lanceolate   Ovate     Cordate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Panicle  Head
    FLOWER MEROUS:  3
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   White
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Achene
 
 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
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      7         MONTH END-      9
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Located around swamps and ditches.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS:  No data entered
 
     HABITAT:   Emergent aquatic
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:    No data entered
 
 HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS:
     Often sold as decorations for tropical aquaria as "Poor man's Lace Plant".
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., and D. M. Ladd.  1978.  Distribution of Illinois vascular
     plants.  Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale. 282 pp.
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Gleason, H. A.  1952.  The new Britton and Brown illustrated flora of the
     northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.  3 vols.  The New York
     Botanical Garden, New York.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Echinodorus cordifolius
 
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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