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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Andropogon elliottii
 
 
 CLASS:    MONOCOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    CYPERALES
 FAMILY:   POACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Andropogon elliottii
 AUTHORITY:  Chapm.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    ELLIOTT'S BROOM SEDGE
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: ANEL
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
       FLATWOODS
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
     SAVANNA
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         SANDSTONE
     CULTURAL
       AGRICULTURAL FIELD
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
       DEVELOPED LAND
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     CENTRAL
        Upland oak
           White/Black/Northern Red-  Oak
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ALEXANDER       CRAWFORD        EDGAR           GALLATIN        HARDIN
   JACKSON         JOHNSON         MASSAC          PERRY           POPE
   SALINE          UNION           WILLIAMSON
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Monocot
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (fibrous)
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Parallel
    LEAF SHAPE:     Linear
    INFLORESCENCE:   Panicle
    FLOWER MEROUS:  3
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Grain
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Species has conspicuous inflated, coppery-colored upper sheaths.
     It "Lends a distinct yellow-brown charm to the winter landscape..."
     Racemes are paired inserted in sheaths; the upper sheaths often
     much reduced.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 GEOGRAPHIC COMMENTS:
     Species is found only in southern tip of state.
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Rare
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Grasslike
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      9         MONTH END-     10
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is most frequently derived from sandstone, chert, or
     granitic rocks; either on rocky glades of these substrata
     or in rocky, open woodland or woodland border. It is also found
     in sterile soils along roads; rarely found along railroads.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR DISPERSAL AGENTS:   WIND
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   Wind
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:    No data entered
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1967-continuing.  The illustrated flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
 
 OTHER REFERENCES:
     Campbell, C.S. 1983. Wind dispersal of some North American species of
          Andropogon (Gramineae). Rhodora 85:65-72.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Andropogon elliottii
 
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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