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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Froelichia floridana campestris
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    CARYOPHYLLALES
 FAMILY:   AMARANTHACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Froelichia floridana campestris
 AUTHORITY:  (Nutt.) Moq.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    COTTONWEED
    PLAINS SNAKECOTTON
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: FRFLC
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     WETLAND
       BORDER OF LAKE
     CULTURAL
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     NO
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   CARROLL         CASS            CHRISTIAN       COLES           COOK
   HANCOCK         HENDERSON       HENRY           JACKSON         JO DAVIESS
   KANKAKEE        LAKE            LEE             MCHENRY         MADISON
   MASON           MENARD          MERCER          MORGAN          PEORIA
   PIKE            PUTNAM          ROCK ISLAND     ST. CLAIR       SANGAMON
   SCHUYLER        SCOTT           TAZEWELL        WHITESIDE
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:     Opposite
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblanceolate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Spike
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Incomplete  (no petals)
    FLOWER COLOR:   White
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Achene
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Common
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Annual
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      5         MONTH END-      9
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C4
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed along railroads.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MYCORRHIZAE:   no
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Low
 
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     WEEDINESS:   Non-weedy
 
 
 
 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.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Froelichia floridana campestris
 
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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