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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Pedicularis canadensis
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    SCROPHULARIALES
 FAMILY:   SCROPHULARIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Pedicularis canadensis
 AUTHORITY:  L.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    LOUSEWORT
    WOOD BETONY
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: PECA
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         DRY
       SAND FOREST
         DRY
       THICKETS
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
         DRY
     SAVANNA
       TYPICAL SAVANNA
         DRY-MESIC
       SAND SAVANNA
         DRY
     WETLAND
       BORDER OF LAKE
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           BROWN           CALHOUN         CASS            CHAMPAIGN
   CLARK           COLES           COOK            CRAWFORD        DEKALB
   DUPAGE          EFFINGHAM       GALLATIN        GREENE          GRUNDY
   HANCOCK         HARDIN          HENDERSON       HENRY           IROQUOIS
   JACKSON         JERSEY          JO DAVIESS      JOHNSON         KANE
   KANKAKEE        KENDALL         KNOX            LAKE            LASALLE
   LEE             LIVINGSTON      MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY         MCLEAN
   MACON           MACOUPIN        MARSHALL        MASON           MENARD
   MONROE          MORGAN          OGLE            PEORIA          PIATT
   PIKE            POPE            RANDOLPH        ROCK ISLAND     ST. CLAIR
   SANGAMON        SCOTT           STARK           STEPHENSON      TAZEWELL
   VERMILION       WABASH          WASHINGTON      WILL            WINNEBAGO
 
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMY COMMENTS:
     This is including var. dobbsii Fern.
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate    Basal
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Crenate   Lobed  (pinnately)
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong   Lanceolate   Oblanceolate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Spike
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Irregular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Yellow
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Capsule
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Stems are usually villous.
 
 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
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      4         MONTH END-      6
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed on sandy black oak forest.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   INSECT   bee
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     EDIBLE:  Yes-qualified
 
 
 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.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 OTHER REFERENCES:
     Macior, L.W. 1968. Pollination adaption in Pedicularis canadensis. American
          Journal of Botany 55: 1031-1035.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Pedicularis canadensis
 
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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