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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Hypericum prolificum
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    THEALES
 FAMILY:   HYPERICACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Hypericum prolificum
 AUTHORITY:  L.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    SHRUBBY ST. JOHNS-WORT
 
 SYNONOMY:
     Hypericum spathulatum (Spach) Steud.
 
 PLANTS CODE: HYPR
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
         MESIC
       THICKETS
     WETLAND
       SWAMP
       BORDER OF LAKE
     PRIMARY
       BLUFF
         CLIFF (ROCKY BLUFF)
     CULTURAL
       AGRICULTURAL FIELD
         PASTURELAND
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
       RESTORATION
         FOREST
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           BROWN           CLARK           CLAY            COLES
   COOK            CRAWFORD        CUMBERLAND      EDGAR           EDWARDS
   EFFINGHAM       FAYETTE         FRANKLIN        GALLATIN        HAMILTON
   HANCOCK         HARDIN          JACKSON         JASPER          JEFFERSON
   JOHNSON         LAKE            LAWRENCE        MCDONOUGH       MACOUPIN
   MARION          MASSAC          MENARD          PERRY           POPE
   PULASKI         RANDOLPH        RICHLAND        ST. CLAIR       SALINE
   SANGAMON        SCHUYLER        SHELBY          UNION           WABASH
   WAYNE           WHITE           WILLIAMSON
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-woody
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:     Opposite
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Linear   Oblong
    INFLORESCENCE:   Dischasium
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Yellow
 
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
 
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Shrub
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      7         MONTH END-      9
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed along rocky stream banks; swamp margins; gravel bars.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Low
     LANDSCAPING:  YES
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     SEED AVAILABILITY:   Good
 
 
 PROCUREMENT COMMENTS:
     Seed company number 2.
 
 PROPAGATION COMMENTS:
         Form - bare root, balled and burlapped.
 
 GENERAL COMMENTS:
     in dry, sunny locations in loose, well-drained soils.
 
 
 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.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1967-continuing.  The illustrated flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
Anon.  1981.  Illinois plants for habitat restoration.  Illinois Department of
     Conservation, Mining Program.  Springfield, Illinois.  61 pp.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Hypericum prolificum
 
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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