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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Heracleum lanatum
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    UMBELLALES
 FAMILY:   APIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Heracleum lanatum
 AUTHORITY:  Michx.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    COW PARSNIP
 
 SYNONOMY:
     Heracleum maximum Bartr.
 
 PLANTS CODE: HELA4
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         MESIC
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
         MESIC
       THICKETS
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ALEXANDER       BOONE           BUREAU          CARROLL         CASS
   CHAMPAIGN       CHRISTIAN       CLARK           COOK            CUMBERLAND
   DEKALB          DEWITT          DUPAGE          EFFINGHAM       FULTON
   GRUNDY          HANCOCK         HENDERSON       HENRY           IROQUOIS
   JACKSON         JO DAVIESS      KANE            KANKAKEE        KENDALL
   KNOX            LAKE            LASALLE         LEE             LIVINGSTON
   LOGAN           MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY         MCLEAN          MACON
   MACOUPIN        MARION          MARSHALL        OGLE            PEORIA
   PIATT           PIKE            POPE            ROCK ISLAND     ST. CLAIR
   SANGAMON        SHELBY          STARK           STEPHENSON      VERMILION
   WARREN          WASHINGTON      WHITESIDE       WILL            WINNEBAGO
 
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:    Compound  (trifoliate)
    LEAF MARGIN:   Dentate
 
    INFLORESCENCE:   Umbel
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Incomplete  (no sepals)   Regular   Irregular
    FLOWER COLOR:   White
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Epigynous
    FRUIT:   SCHIZOCARP
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Outer flowers are irregular.
 
 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-      5         MONTH END-      8
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species distributed in low or rich woods, roadsides.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     ALLERGENIC:  Maybe
     EDIBLE:  Yes
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Low
 
 
 HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS:
     Some cases of dermatitis result from contact; stem can be
     eaten either raw or cooked, roots can be eaten after cooking.
 
 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:  No data    PROTEIN VALUE: No data
     POISONOUS (LIVESTOCK):   Yes
 
 LIVESTOCK COMMENTS:
     Reports of cattle being poisoned from eating the leaves have occurred.
 
 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.
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1986.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Revised and enlarged edition.  Southern Illinois University Press,
     Carbondale.  507 pp.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Heracleum lanatum
 
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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