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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Populus grandidentata
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    SALICALES
 FAMILY:   SALICACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Populus grandidentata
 AUTHORITY:  Michx.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    BIG-TOOTH ASPEN
    LARGE-TOOTHED ASPEN
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: POGR
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
         MESIC
     CULTURAL
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     NORTHERN
        Spruce-Fir
           listed
           Northern White Cedar
 
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:
     Grand Prairie
        Grand Prairie
        Western
        Green River Lowland
        listed
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           BOONE           BUREAU          CARROLL         CHAMPAIGN
   CLARK           COLES           COOK            CRAWFORD        DEKALB
   DEWITT          DOUGLAS         DUPAGE          FULTON          GRUNDY
   HANCOCK         HENRY           IROQUOIS        JO DAVIESS      KANE
   KANKAKEE        KENDALL         KNOX            LAKE            LASALLE
   LAWRENCE        LEE             MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY         MCLEAN
   MACON           MARION          MARSHALL        MONTGOMERY      OGLE
   PEORIA          PUTNAM          RICHLAND        ROCK ISLAND     SHELBY
   STEPHENSON      TAZEWELL        VERMILION       WABASH          WILL
   WINNEBAGO
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-woody
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Dentate
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Ovate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Catkin
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Incomplete  (no petals)  (no sepals)
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Capsule
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Species has flattened leaf petiole; gray-green bark; seeds
     with cottony hairs.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 POPULATION STATUS COMMENTS:
     Species is occasional to common.
 
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Tree
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual   Vegetative
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      4        MONTH IN MODE-      4         MONTH END-      4
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Unisexual   -dioecious
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in disturbed woods; forming short-lived colonies.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR DISPERSAL AGENTS:   WIND
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   Wind
     MYCORRHIZAE:   ectomycorrhizal
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Low
 
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:
     FOOD VALUE:
         DEER VALUE:   -   Stems
         UPLAND GAME VALUE:   -   Buds
         WATERFOWL VALUE:  Unknown
         SMALL NON-GAME BIRD VALUE:  Unknown
         SMALL MAMMAL VALUE:  Unknown
         AQUATIC MAMMAL VALUE:  Unknown
         FISH VALUE:  Unknown
     COVER VALUE:
         DEER:     No data     WATERFOWL:    No data   SMALL MAMMAL:   No data
         FISH:     No data     SMALL BIRD:    Good      UPLAND GAME:    No data
         AQUATIC MAMMAL: No data
 
 LIVESTOCK PALATABILITY DATA:  No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 GENERAL COMMENTS:
     Species grows rapidly on burned or barren land so good cover
     for establishing other trees.
 
 
 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.
Eyre, F. H., ed.  1980.  Forest cover types of the United States and Canada.
     Society of American Foresters (SAF), Washington, D.C., 148 pp.
Miller, R. B., and L. R. Tehon.  1929.  The native and naturalized trees of
     Illinois.  Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin 18: 1-340.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1980.  Forest trees of Illinois.  Third ed.  Illinois
     Department of Conservation, Division of Forestry, Springfield.  331 pp.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
Grimm, W. C.  1950.  The trees of Pennsylvania.  Stackpole and Heck, New York
     and Harrisburg.  363 pp.
 
 OTHER REFERENCES:
     Vozzo, J. A., and E. Hacskaylo.  1974.  Endo- and ectomycorrhizal
          associations in five Populus species.  Torrey Botanical Club Bulletin
          101: 182-186.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Populus grandidentata
 
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 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
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