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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Polytaenia nuttallii
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    UMBELLALES
 FAMILY:   APIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Polytaenia nuttallii
 AUTHORITY:  DC.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    PRAIRIE PARSLEY
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: PONU4
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
         DRY
     SAVANNA
       TYPICAL SAVANNA
         DRY-MESIC
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         LIMESTONE
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           BOONE           BUREAU          CALHOUN         CHAMPAIGN
   CHRISTIAN       COOK            DEKALB          DUPAGE          FORD
   GALLATIN        GRUNDY          HANCOCK         HARDIN          HENDERSON
   HENRY           IROQUOIS        JACKSON         JERSEY          JOHNSON
   KANE            LASALLE         LEE             MCHENRY         MACON
   MACOUPIN        MARION          MARSHALL        MASON           MENARD
   MONROE          MONTGOMERY      OGLE            POPE            PUTNAM
   RANDOLPH        ROCK ISLAND     ST. CLAIR       SALINE          STEPHENSON
   UNION           WHITESIDE       WILL            WINNEBAGO
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:    Compound  (pinnately)
    LEAF MARGIN:   Serrate   Lobed  (pinnately)
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong   Ovate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Umbel
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Yellow
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Epigynous
    FRUIT:   SCHIZOCARP
 
 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
 
 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:
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.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Polytaenia nuttallii
 
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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