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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Asclepias exaltata
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    GENTIANALES
 FAMILY:   ASCLEPIADACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Asclepias exaltata
 AUTHORITY:  L.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    POKE MILKWEED
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: ASEX
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         MESIC
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     CENTRAL
           White/Black/Northern Red-  Oak
     NORTHERN
           Sugar Maple-Basswood
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ALEXANDER       BOONE           CHAMPAIGN       CLARK           COLES
   COOK            DEKALB          DOUGLAS         DUPAGE          EDGAR
   FULTON          HARDIN          HENDERSON       JACKSON         JERSEY
   JOHNSON         KANE            KANKAKEE        LAKE            LASALLE
   MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY         MCLEAN          MACON           MACOUPIN
   MENARD          MONTGOMERY      OGLE            PEORIA          PERRY
   PIATT           PIKE            POPE            RANDOLPH        RICHLAND
   ST. CLAIR       SANGAMON        SCHUYLER        SHELBY          STEPHENSON
   TAZEWELL        UNION           VERMILION       WABASH          WILL
   WINNEBAGO
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:     Opposite
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Lanceolate   Ovate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Umbel
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Green   Violet   White
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Follicle
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Uncommon
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      6         MONTH END-      7
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in woodland borders.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR DISPERSAL AGENTS:   WIND
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   INSECT
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Medium
 
 
 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.
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.
Smith, J. P.  1977.  Vascular plant families.  Mad River Press, Inc., Eureka,
     California.  320 pp.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Asclepias exaltata
 
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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