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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Artemisia campestris
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    ASTERALES
 FAMILY:   ASTERACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Artemisia campestris
 AUTHORITY:  L.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    BEACH WORMWOOD
    SAGEWORT WORMWOOD
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: ARCA12
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     PRAIRIE
       SAND PRAIRIE
         DRY
       LISTED
         CHARACTERISTIC
     WETLAND
       BORDER OF LAKE
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         SANDSTONE
       BLUFF
         CLIFF (ROCKY BLUFF)
           SANDSTONE
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     NO
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   BOONE           CARROLL         CASS            COOK            FULTON
   GRUNDY          HENDERSON       HENRY           JERSEY          JO DAVIESS
   KANE            KANKAKEE        LAKE            LASALLE         LEE
   MCHENRY         MARSHALL        MASON           MENARD          MERCER
   MORGAN          OGLE            PEORIA          PUTNAM          ROCK ISLAND
   SCHUYLER        SCOTT           TAZEWELL        WHITESIDE       WILL
   WINNEBAGO
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMY COMMENTS:
     Illinois plants are of subspecies caudata (Michx.) Hall and Clem
     A. caudata var. calvens Lunell. Artemisia caudata may be a synonym.
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Serrate   Lobed  (pinnately)
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Linear   Oblong   Lanceolate   Ovate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Panicle  Spike  Head
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Incomplete   Regular
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Epigynous
    FRUIT:   Achene
 
 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   Biennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      7         MONTH END-      9
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect     Unisexual   -monoecious
 
 BIOLOGIC COMMENTS:
     Taproot and several stems from a branching caudex.  Inner florets with abortive
     ovary; outer florets pistillate and fertile.
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Sand and gravel bars along streams; ledges.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS:
          GRAVEL         Good               SAND           Good
          SANDY LOAM     No data entered    LOAM           No data entered
          CLAY LOAM      No data entered    CLAY           No data entered
          DENSE CLAY     No data entered    ORGANIC SOIL   No data entered
          NEUTRAL pH     No data entered    ACIDIC SOIL    Good
          EXTREMELY ACID No data entered    SALINE SOIL    No data entered
          SODIC SOIL     No data entered    SODIC-SALINE   No data entered
          ROCKY OUTCROPS Good               GENTLE SLOPES  Good
          MODERATE SLOPE Good               STEEP SLOPES   Good
     HABITAT:   Dry
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   Wind
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     ALLERGENIC:  Yes
 
 
 HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS:
     Where abundant, may be important source of hay fever.
 
 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.
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.
Gleason, H. A.  1952.  The new Britton and Brown illustrated flora of the
     northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.  3 vols.  The New York
     Botanical Garden, New York.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Artemisia campestris
 
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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