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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Euphorbia cyparissias
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    EUPHORBIALES
 FAMILY:   EUPHORBIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Euphorbia cyparissias
 AUTHORITY:  L.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    CYPRESS SPURGE
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: EUCY2
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     CULTURAL
       AGRICULTURAL FIELD
         PASTURELAND
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
       DEVELOPED LAND
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     NO
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           BOONE           BROWN           CALHOUN         CARROLL
   CHAMPAIGN       COLES           COOK            DEKALB          DUPAGE
   EFFINGHAM       GREENE          GRUNDY          HANCOCK         IROQUOIS
   JACKSON         JERSEY          JO DAVIESS      KANE            KANKAKEE
   KENDALL         KNOX            LAKE            LASALLE         LAWRENCE
   LEE             LIVINGSTON      MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY         MCLEAN
   MACON           MACOUPIN        MASON           MONROE          MORGAN
   OGLE            PEORIA          PIATT           POPE            PULASKI
   SANGAMON        SCHUYLER        SHELBY          STEPHENSON      UNION
   VERMILION       WABASH          WASHINGTON      WAYNE           WILL
   WINNEBAGO
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (rhizomes)
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF SHAPE:     Linear     Other
    INFLORESCENCE:   Umbel  Other
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Incomplete  (no petals)  (no sepals)
    FLOWER COLOR:   Yellow   Green
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Capsule
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Flowers arranged in a cyathium; leaves on lower half of stem are scale-like.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Introduced-  Europe
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual   Vegetative
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      5         MONTH END-      9
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Unisexual   -monoecious
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Found along roadsides and in cemeteries.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS:  No data entered
 
     HABITAT:   Dry
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     ALLERGENIC:  Maybe
     EDIBLE:  Poisonous
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Low
     LANDSCAPING:  YES
     WILD HERBS:   Medicinal
 
 HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS:
     May cause dermatitis, sometimes used as a purgative.
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:
     FOOD VALUE:  No data entered
     COVER VALUE:  No data entered
 
 LIVESTOCK PALATABILITY DATA:
     CATTLE FORAGE: No data    SHEEP FORAGE:  No data    HORSE FORAGE:  No data
     GOAT FORAGE:   No data    ENERGY VALUE:  No data    PROTEIN VALUE: No data
     POISONOUS (LIVESTOCK):   Yes
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     WEEDINESS:   Economic
 
 
 
 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.
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.
Agricultural Experiment Station.  1981.  Weeds of the North Central States.
     Bulletin 772.  College of Agriculture, University of Illinois at Urbana-
     Champaign, Urbana.  303 pp.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Euphorbia cyparissias
 
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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