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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Arabis shortii
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    CAPPARALES
 FAMILY:   BRASSICACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Arabis shortii
 AUTHORITY:  (Fern.) Gl.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    TOOTHED CRESS
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: ARSH2
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         MESIC
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
         MESIC
     WETLAND
       BORDER OF LAKE
     PRIMARY
       BLUFF
         CLIFF (ROCKY BLUFF)
           LIMESTONE
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     CENTRAL
        Other Central Types
           Silver Maple - American Elm
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       BROWN           BUREAU          CALHOUN
   CASS            CHAMPAIGN       CHRISTIAN       CLARK           COLES
   COOK            CRAWFORD        DEKALB          DEWITT          DUPAGE
   FAYETTE         FULTON          GREENE          GRUNDY          HANCOCK
   HENDERSON       JACKSON         JERSEY          JO DAVIESS      KANE
   KANKAKEE        KENDALL         LAKE            LASALLE         LAWRENCE
   LOGAN           MCDONOUGH       MCLEAN          MACON           MACOUPIN
   MASON           MENARD          MOULTRIE        PEORIA          PIATT
   PIKE            PUTNAM          ST. CLAIR       SANGAMON        SCHUYLER
   SHELBY          STARK           STEPHENSON      TAZEWELL        VERMILION
   WHITESIDE       WILL            WINNEBAGO       WOODFORD
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate    Basal
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Dentate
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong   Lanceolate   Oblanceolate     Obovate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Raceme
    FLOWER MEROUS:  4
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   White
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   SILIQUE
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 POPULATION STATUS COMMENTS:
     Species is rare in the southern half of the state.
 
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial   Biennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      4         MONTH END-      5
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Low
 
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
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.
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.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Arabis shortii
 
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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