ILLINOIS PLANT INFORMATION NETWORK
 
 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Acer rubrum drummondii
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    SAPINDALES
 FAMILY:   ACERACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Acer rubrum drummondii
 AUTHORITY:  L.
 SUBSPECIFIC AUTHORITY: (Hook. & Arn.) Sarg.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    DRUMMOND'S RED MAPLE
    SWAMP RED MAPLE
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: ACRUD2
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         WET-MESIC
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
         WET
     WETLAND
       SWAMP
         TYPICAL SWAMP
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:
     Lower Miss. R. Bottomlands
        Southern
        listed
     Coastal Plain
        Bottomlands
        listed
 
 COUNTIES:
   ALEXANDER       EDWARDS         FRANKLIN        GALLATIN        JACKSON
   JOHNSON         LAWRENCE        MASSAC          PERRY           POPE
   PULASKI         RICHLAND        UNION
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-woody
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:     Opposite
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Serrate   Lobed  (palmately)
    LEAF VENATION:  Palmate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Ovate     Orbicular
    INFLORESCENCE:   Umbel
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Red
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Perigynous
    FRUIT:   Samara
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Flowers are born from clusters of lateral buds; has dense coat of white
     hairs on lower surface of leaves; long fruits.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Tree
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      3         MONTH END-      4
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect     Unisexual   -dioecious
 
 BIOLOGIC COMMENTS:
     Species may also be monoecious.
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in sandy woods.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR DISPERSAL AGENTS:   WIND
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   INSECT
 
 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.
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.
Miller, R. B., and L. R. Tehon.  1929.  The native and naturalized trees of
     Illinois.  Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 18: 1-340.
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.
Meeuse, B. J. D.  1961.  The story of pollination.  Ronald Press Company,
     New York.  243 pp.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Acer rubrum drummondii
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 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