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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Galium concinnum
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    RUBIALES
 FAMILY:   RUBIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Galium concinnum
 AUTHORITY:  Torr. & Gray
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    SHINING BEDSTRAW
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: GACO3
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
         MESIC
       THICKETS
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
         WET
     PRIMARY
       BLUFF
         CLIFF (ROCKY BLUFF)
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     CENTRAL
        Upland oak
           White/Black/Northern Red-  Oak
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       BOND            BOONE           BROWN
   BUREAU          CALHOUN         CARROLL         CASS            CHAMPAIGN
   CHRISTIAN       CLARK           CLAY            COLES           COOK
   CRAWFORD        CUMBERLAND      DEKALB          DEWITT          DOUGLAS
   DUPAGE          EDGAR           EDWARDS         EFFINGHAM       FAYETTE
   FRANKLIN        FULTON          GALLATIN        GREENE          GRUNDY
   HANCOCK         HARDIN          HENDERSON       HENRY           IROQUOIS
   JACKSON         JASPER          JEFFERSON       JEFFERSON       JERSEY
   JO DAVIESS      JOHNSON         KANE            KANKAKEE        KENDALL
   KNOX            LAKE            LASALLE         LAWRENCE        LEE
   LOGAN           MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY         MCLEAN          MACON
   MACOUPIN        MADISON         MARION          MARSHALL        MASON
   MASSAC          MENARD          MERCER          MONROE          MONTGOMERY
   MORGAN          MOULTRIE        OGLE            PEORIA          PERRY
   PIATT           PIKE            POPE            PULASKI         RANDOLPH
   RICHLAND        ST. CLAIR       SALINE          SANGAMON        SCHUYLER
   SCOTT           SHELBY          STARK           STEPHENSON      TAZEWELL
   UNION           VERMILION       WABASH          WARREN          WASHINGTON
   WAYNE           WHITE           WHITESIDE       WILL            WILLIAMSON
   WINNEBAGO       WOODFORD
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (rhizomes)
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:    Whorled
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF SHAPE:     Linear
    INFLORESCENCE:   Panicle
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   White
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Epigynous
    FRUIT:   Nut
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Common
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual   Vegetative
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      6         MONTH END-      7
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Maximum abundance is in disturbed woods with thinner tree cover; along
     railroads.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     LANDSCAPING:  NO
     WILD HERBS:   Medicinal
 
 HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS:
     Plant is used for a medicinal tea.
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 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  Galium concinnum
 
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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