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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Gleditsia aquatica
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    ROSALES
 FAMILY:   CAESALPINIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Gleditsia aquatica
 AUTHORITY:  Marsh.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    WATER LOCUST
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: GLAQ
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
         WET
     WETLAND
       SWAMP
         TYPICAL SWAMP
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     SOUTHERN
        Bottomland
           listed
           Baldcypress
           Baldcypress - Water Tupelo
           Sugarberry - American Elm - Green Ash
           Black Willow
           Overcup Oak - Water Tupelo
 
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:
     Upper Miss. and Ill. R. Bottomlands
        Illinois River
        listed
     Lower Miss. R. Bottomlands
        Southern
        listed
     Coastal Plain
        Bottomlands
        listed
 
 COUNTIES:
   ALEXANDER       CALHOUN         GALLATIN        HENDERSON       JACKSON
   JERSEY          JOHNSON         LAWRENCE        MASSAC          POPE
   PULASKI         ST. CLAIR       UNION           WABASH          WILLIAMSON
 
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-woody
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:    Compound  (pinnately)
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong   Ovate     Other
    INFLORESCENCE:   Raceme
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Yellow   Green
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Perigynous
    FRUIT:   Legume
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Species has slender thorns; pods are short, oval without pulp.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 GEOGRAPHIC COMMENTS:
     Species found in south.
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Rare
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Tree
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      5         MONTH END-      6
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect     Unisexual   -monoecious
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in bayous, sloughs.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Low
 
 
 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.
Eyre, F. H., ed.  1980.  Forest cover types of the United States and Canada.
     Society of American Foresters (SAF), Washington, D.C., 148 pp.
Schwegman, J. E., G. D. Fell, M. Hutchison, G. Paulson, W. M. Shepherd, and
     J. White.  1973.  Comprehensive plan for the Illinois Nature Preserves
     System.  Part 2 - The Natural Divisions of Illinois.  Illinois Nature
     Preserves Commission, Springfield.  32 pp., plus map.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1980.  Forest trees of Illinois.  Third ed.  Illinois
     Department of Conservation, Division of Forestry, Springfield.  331 pp.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Gleditsia aquatica
 
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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