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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Eragrostis capillaris
 
 
 CLASS:    MONOCOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    CYPERALES
 FAMILY:   POACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Eragrostis capillaris
 AUTHORITY:  (L.) Nees
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    LACE GRASS
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: ERCA
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         DRY
       FLATWOODS
     SAVANNA
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
       BLUFF
         CLIFF (ROCKY BLUFF)
     CULTURAL
       AGRICULTURAL FIELD
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     CENTRAL
        Upland oak
           White/Black/Northern Red-  Oak
     NO
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       CALHOUN         CHAMPAIGN       CHRISTIAN
   CLAY            COOK            CRAWFORD        DUPAGE          FULTON
   GALLATIN        HAMILTON        HANCOCK         HARDIN          HENDERSON
   JACKSON         JERSEY          JO DAVIESS      JOHNSON         LAKE
   LASALLE         MCDONOUGH       MACON           MACOUPIN        MADISON
   MASON           MASSAC          MENARD          MONROE          MORGAN
   PEORIA          PERRY           PIKE            POPE            RANDOLPH
   ST. CLAIR       SALINE          SCOTT           STARK           TAZEWELL
   UNION           VERMILION       WABASH          WILL            WILLIAMSON
   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
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Species has capillary culms, long panicle branches and very
     short, small spikelets. Panicle is at least 2/3 length of entire
     plant.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 GEOGRAPHIC COMMENTS:
     Species is scattered throughout the state.
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Grasslike
     LIFE CYCLE:   Annual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      7         MONTH END-      9
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 BIOLOGIC COMMENTS:
     Species is caespitose. A woolly aphis frequently infests the
     spikelets.
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed on recently cleared areas, waste places, rocky
     open glades and ledges.
 
 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.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1967-continuing.  The illustrated flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Eragrostis capillaris
 
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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