ILLINOIS PLANT INFORMATION NETWORK
 
 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Amorpha canescens
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    ROSALES
 FAMILY:   FABACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Amorpha canescens
 AUTHORITY:  Pursh.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    LEAD PLANT
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: AMCA6
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
         MESIC
       SAND PRAIRIE
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
         MESIC
       GRAVEL PRAIRIE
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
         MESIC
       LISTED
         CHARACTERISTIC
     SAVANNA
       SAND SAVANNA
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         LIMESTONE
     CULTURAL
       RESTORATION
         PRAIRIE
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     NO
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           BOND            BOONE           BROWN           BUREAU
   CALHOUN         CARROLL         CASS            CHAMPAIGN       CHRISTIAN
   CLAY            COLES           COOK            DEKALB          DUPAGE
   EDGAR           EFFINGHAM       FAYETTE         FORD            FULTON
   GREENE          GRUNDY          HANCOCK         HENDERSON       HENRY
   IROQUOIS        JACKSON         JERSEY          JO DAVIESS      KANE
   KANKAKEE        KENDALL         KNOX            LAKE            LASALLE
   LEE             LIVINGSTON      LOGAN           MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY
   MCLEAN          MACON           MACOUPIN        MADISON         MARION
   MARSHALL        MASON           MENARD          MERCER          MONROE
   MORGAN          OGLE            PEORIA          PIKE            PUTNAM
   ROCK ISLAND     ST. CLAIR       SCHUYLER        SCOTT           SHELBY
   STARK           STEPHENSON      TAZEWELL        VERMILION       WHITESIDE
   WILL            WOODFORD
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-woody
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:    Compound  (pinnately)
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong   Lanceolate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Raceme
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Irregular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Blue
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Perigynous
    FRUIT:   Legume
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Densely white-hairy; leaflets sessile or nearly so.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Common
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Shrub
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      5         MONTH END-      8
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
      Found on dry, sandy hills and in open woods.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     DISTURBANCE INDICATOR:   No
     SOIL CHEMISTRY INDICATOR:   None
     GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS:
          GRAVEL         No data entered    SAND           Good
          SANDY LOAM     No data entered    LOAM           No data entered
          CLAY LOAM      No data entered    CLAY           No data entered
          DENSE CLAY     No data entered    ORGANIC SOIL   No data entered
          NEUTRAL pH     No data entered    ACIDIC SOIL    No data entered
          EXTREMELY ACID No data entered    SALINE SOIL    No data entered
          SODIC SOIL     No data entered    SODIC-SALINE   No data entered
          ROCKY OUTCROPS No data entered    GENTLE SLOPES  Good
          MODERATE SLOPE Good               STEEP SLOPES   Poor
     HABITAT:   Moist   Dry
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     NITROGEN FIXING   Yes
 
 FUNCTIONAL DATA COMMENTS:
     Reported to form nodules.
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:    No data entered
 
 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:  Medium     PROTEIN VALUE: Medium
     POISONOUS (LIVESTOCK):  No data entered
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     SEED AVAILABILITY:   Good
 
 
 PROCUREMENT COMMENTS:
     2, 5, 6, 9.
 
 PROPAGATION COMMENTS:
         Form-seedlings, balled and burlapped, seeds.
 
 
 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.
Anon.  1981.  Illinois plants for habitat restoration.  Illinois Department of
     Conservation, Mining Program.  Springfield, Illinois.  61 pp.
White, J., and M. H. Madany.  1978.  Classification of natural communities in
     Illinois.  Pages 309-405 in J. White, ed., Illinois natural areas
     inventory technical report.  Vol. 1.  Survey methods and results.
     Illinois Natural Areas Inventory, Urbana.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Amorpha canescens
 
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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