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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Ophioglossum vulgatum pseudopodum
 
 
 CLASS:    EUSPORANGIOSPIDA
 ORDER:    OPHIOGLOSSALES
 FAMILY:   OPHIOGLOSSACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Ophioglossum vulgatum pseudopodum
 AUTHORITY:  L.
 SUBSPECIFIC AUTHORITY: (Blake) Farw.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    ADDER'S-TONGUE FERN
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: OPVUP
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         MESIC
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
         MESIC
       THICKETS
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
         MESIC
     WETLAND
       SWAMP
       SEDGE MEADOW
       SEEP & SPRING
         ACID GRAVEL SEEP
     CULTURAL
       AGRICULTURAL FIELD
         PASTURELAND
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ALEXANDER       BROWN           CHRISTIAN       CLARK           COLES
   COOK            CRAWFORD        EDGAR           FRANKLIN        GALLATIN
   HARDIN          IROQUOIS        JACKSON         JEFFERSON       JERSEY
   JOHNSON         LAKE            LEE             MCHENRY         MACON
   MADISON         MASSAC          MONROE          PIATT           POPE
   RANDOLPH        RICHLAND        ST. CLAIR       SALINE          SCHUYLER
   UNION           VERMILION       WABASH          WILL            WILLIAMSON
   WINNEBAGO
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Fern-allies
 
 TAXONOMY COMMENTS:
     Some doubt exists whether this should be separated into varieties.
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (fibrous)   (rhizomes)
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Other
    LEAF SHAPE:     Lanceolate   Oblanceolate     Obovate
    INFLORESCENCE:           No
    FRUIT:   No
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Leaf is pale green, dull; plant is without tubular sheath.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Uncommon
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual   Vegetative
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in meadows.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL DATA COMMENTS:
     This species is mycorrhizal, but the type is unknown.
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  NO
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 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.
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  Ophioglossum vulgatum pseudopodum
 
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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