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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Amsonia tabernaemontana
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    GENTIANALES
 FAMILY:   APOCYNACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Amsonia tabernaemontana
 AUTHORITY:  Walt.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    BLUE STAR
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: AMTA2
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     WETLAND
       SEEP & SPRING
         ACID GRAVEL SEEP
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         LIMESTONE
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:
     Coastal Plain
        Cretaceous Hills
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       CALHOUN         CASS            CHRISTIAN
   CRAWFORD        EDWARDS         FAYETTE         FRANKLIN        FULTON
   GALLATIN        GREENE          HAMILTON        HANCOCK         HARDIN
   JACKSON         JEFFERSON       JERSEY          JOHNSON         LAWRENCE
   MCLEAN          MACOUPIN        MADISON         MARION          MARSHALL
   MASON           MASSAC          MENARD          MONROE          MORGAN
   PEORIA          PERRY           PIKE            POPE            PULASKI
   PUTNAM          RICHLAND        ST. CLAIR       SALINE          SANGAMON
   SCHUYLER        SCOTT           TAZEWELL        UNION           WABASH
   WASHINGTON      WAYNE           WILLIAMSON      WOODFORD
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong   Ovate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Dischasium  Panicle
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Blue
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Follicle
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      4         MONTH END-      6
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in rocky woods; in ravines.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Medium
     LANDSCAPING:  YES
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 PROPAGATION COMMENTS:
         Plant is easily grown from seed.
 
 MANAGEMENT COMMENTS:
     Plant grows best when treated as a woodland plant with rich soil.
 
 
 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.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Amsonia tabernaemontana
 
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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