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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Phlox glaberrima interior
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    POLEMONIALES
 FAMILY:   POLEMONIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Phlox glaberrima interior
 AUTHORITY:  L.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    SMOOTH PHLOX
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: PHGL4
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
         WET
       THICKETS
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
         DRY-MESIC
         MESIC
         WET-MESIC
         WET
       LISTED
         CHARACTERISTIC
     WETLAND
       SEEP & SPRING
         ACID GRAVEL SEEP
     CULTURAL
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
       DEVELOPED LAND
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:
     Coastal Plain
        Cretaceous Hills
 
 COUNTIES:
   ALEXANDER       BOND            BOONE           CASS            CHAMPAIGN
   CHRISTIAN       CLARK           CLINTON         COLES           COOK
   CRAWFORD        CUMBERLAND      DEKALB          DEWITT          DUPAGE
   EFFINGHAM       FAYETTE         FORD            FRANKLIN        GALLATIN
   GRUNDY          HAMILTON        HANCOCK         HARDIN          IROQUOIS
   JACKSON         JASPER          JEFFERSON       JOHNSON         KANE
   KANKAKEE        KENDALL         KNOX            LAKE            LASALLE
   LAWRENCE        LEE             LIVINGSTON      MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY
   MCLEAN          MACON           MACOUPIN        MARION          MARSHALL
   MASON           MASSAC          MENARD          MONTGOMERY      MOULTRIE
   OGLE            PEORIA          PERRY           PIATT           POPE
   PULASKI         RANDOLPH        RICHLAND        ST. CLAIR       SALINE
   SANGAMON        SHELBY          STARK           UNION           VERMILION
   WABASH          WARREN          WASHINGTON      WAYNE           WHITE
   WILL            WILLIAMSON      WINNEBAGO       WOODFORD
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:     Opposite
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Linear   Lanceolate   Ovate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Corymb
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Red   Violet
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Capsule
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     green stems
 
 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-      5         MONTH END-      8
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS:  No data entered
 
     HABITAT:   Wet   Moist
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  High
 
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 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.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Phlox glaberrima interior
 
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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