ILLINOIS PLANT INFORMATION NETWORK ILPIN INFORMATION ON Anthriscus sylvestris CLASS: DICOTYLEDENAE ORDER: UMBELLALES FAMILY: APIACEAE SCIENTIFIC NAME: Anthriscus sylvestris AUTHORITY: (L.) Hoffm. COMMON NAMES: FALSE CHERVIL WILD CHERVIL SYNONOMY: None PLANTS CODE: ANSY NATURAL COMMUNITIES: CULTURAL SAF FOREST COVER TYPE: UNAVAILABLE NATURAL DIVISION: UNAVAILABLE COUNTIES: KANE LAKE GROWTH FORM: Dicot-herb TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS: LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate LEAF TYPE: Compound (pinnately) LEAF MARGIN: Dentate Lobed (pinnately) LEAF VENATION: Pinnate INFLORESCENCE: Umbel FLOWER MEROUS: 5 FLOWER STRUCTURE: Incomplete (no sepals) Regular FLOWER COLOR: White FLOWER PLACEMENT: Epigynous FRUIT: SCHIZOCARP GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: ORIGIN: Introduced- Europe POPULATION DYNAMICS: STATE STATUS: Not listed FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed COMMONNESS: Rare ENDEMIC: NOT-ENDEMIC POPULATION STATUS COMMENTS: Very common, though, at one area. BIOLOGIC: HABIT: Forb LIFE CYCLE: Biennial REPRODUCTION: Sexual FLOWERING PERIOD: MONTH BEGINNING- 5 MONTH END- 6 TROPHIC STATUS: Autotrophic C02 FIXATION: C3 SEX: Perfect ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS: Along roads, waste places. ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS: No data entered FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: No data entered HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA: No data entered WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION: No data entered REVEGETATION PLANTINGS: No data entered REFERENCES: 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. Gleason, H. A. 1952. The new Britton and Brown illustrated flora of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. 3 vols. The New York Botanical Garden, New York. Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed. 1983-continuing. Illinois flora update. Erigenia. END OF DATA FOR SPECIES Anthriscus sylvestris ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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