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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Minuartia stricta
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    CARYOPHYLLALES
 FAMILY:   CARYOPHYLLACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Minuartia stricta
 AUTHORITY:  (Michx.) Hiern
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    ROCK SANDWORT
    STIFF SANDWORT
 
 SYNONOMY:
     Arenaria stricta Michx.
 
 PLANTS CODE: MIMI2
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       SAND FOREST
         DRY
     PRAIRIE
       SAND PRAIRIE
         DRY
       GRAVEL PRAIRIE
         DRY
       HILL PRAIRIE
         GRAVEL
       LISTED
         CHARACTERISTIC
     SAVANNA
       SAND SAVANNA
         DRY
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         LIMESTONE
       BLUFF
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   BOONE           COOK            DUPAGE          JO DAVIESS      KANE
   KANKAKEE        LAKE            LEE             MCHENRY         OGLE
   PUTNAM          STEPHENSON      TAZEWELL        WILL            WINNEBAGO
 
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:     Opposite
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF SHAPE:     Linear
    INFLORESCENCE:   Dischasium
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   White
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Capsule
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Species has secondary fascicles of leaves.
 
 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   Annual
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      5         MONTH END-      7
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed on sand ridges; bluff escarpments; ledges.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MYCORRHIZAE:   no
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     ALLERGENIC:  No
     LANDSCAPING:  YES
 
 HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS:
     Species grows well in a limestone rock garden, but is difficult to
     transplant; doesn't cause hayfever.
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     WEEDINESS:   Non-weedy
 
 
 
 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.
White, J., and M. H. Madany.  1978.  Classification of natural communities in
     Illinois.  Pages 309-405 in J. White, ed., Illinois natural areas
     inventory technical report.  Vol. 1.  Survey methods and results.
     Illinois Natural Areas Inventory, Urbana.
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  Minuartia stricta
 
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 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015