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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Najas flexilis
 
 
 CLASS:    MONOCOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    NAJADALES
 FAMILY:   NAJADACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Najas flexilis
 AUTHORITY:  (Willd.) Rostk. & Schmidt.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    BUSHY PONDWEED
    SLENDER NAIAD
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: NAFL
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     LAKE AND POND
       POND
       LAKE
     STREAM
       CREEK
         LOW-GRADIENT
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     NO
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   CARROLL         CHAMPAIGN       COLES           COOK            DUPAGE
   FORD            FULTON          GRUNDY          JACKSON         JERSEY
   JO DAVIESS      KANKAKEE        KNOX            LAKE            LEE
   LIVINGSTON      MCHENRY         MACOUPIN        MASON           MENARD
   PEORIA          PERRY           RANDOLPH        ST. CLAIR       SHELBY
   TAZEWELL        WABASH          WHITESIDE       WILL            WILLIAMSON
 
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Monocot
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:     Opposite
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Parallel
    LEAF SHAPE:     Linear
    INFLORESCENCE:   Solitary- few
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Incomplete  (no petals)  (no sepals)   Regular
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Achene
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Leaves are often crowded towards tip. FLowers are in
     globose heads.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Annual
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      7         MONTH END-      9
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     SEX:      Unisexual   -dioecious
 
 BIOLOGIC COMMENTS:
     Speices may also be monoecious.
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in quiet, slow-moving, fresh, slightly
     alkaline or brackish water, 1-8 feet deep.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   Water
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:    No data entered
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:
     FOOD VALUE:
         DEER VALUE:  Unknown
         UPLAND GAME VALUE:  Unknown
         WATERFOWL VALUE:    Good   -   Fruit   Leaves   Stems
         SMALL NON-GAME BIRD VALUE:  Unknown
         SMALL MAMMAL VALUE:  Unknown
         AQUATIC MAMMAL VALUE:  Unknown
         FISH VALUE:    Good   -   Fruit   Flowers   Leaves   Stems   Buds
     COVER VALUE:
         DEER:     No data     WATERFOWL:    No data   SMALL MAMMAL:   No data
         FISH:      Good        SMALL BIRD:   No data   UPLAND GAME:    No data
         AQUATIC MAMMAL: No data
 
     WILDLIFE COMMENTS:
         Marshbirds and shorebirds eat seeds and leaves as food. Regarding
         aquatic species cover, this pertains to fish.
 
 
 LIVESTOCK PALATABILITY DATA:  No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     ESTABLISHMENT REQUIREMENTS:  Easy
     SHORT-TERM REVEGETATION POTENTIAL:  Good
 
     LONG-TERM REVEGETATION POTENTIAL:  Good
     WEEDINESS:   Non-weedy
     SEED AVAILABILITY:   Fair
 
 
 
 PROCUREMENT COMMENTS:
     Seed company numbers: 1, 11.
 
 PROPAGATION COMMENTS:
         Plants are available in fall only at 5 bushels/acre.
 
 GENERAL COMMENTS:
     Concerning weediness, PIN has indicated it is non-weedy.
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Anon.  1981.  Illinois plants for habitat restoration.  Illinois Department of
     Conservation, Mining Program.  Springfield, Illinois.  61 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.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Najas flexilis
 
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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