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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Salix eriocephala
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    SALICALES
 FAMILY:   SALICACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Salix eriocephala
 AUTHORITY:  (Michx.)
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    WILLOW
 
 SYNONOMY:
     Salix missouriensis Bebb
 
 PLANTS CODE: SAER
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
     WETLAND
       BORDER OF LAKE
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   JACKSON         JEFFERSON       JOHNSON         MASON           MONROE
   RANDOLPH        UNION
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-woody
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Serrate
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Lanceolate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Catkin
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Incomplete  (no petals)  (no sepals)
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Capsule
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Species has black bark; pubescent branchlets and lower leaf surface;
     catkins open somewhat earlier than the unfolding leaves.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Rare
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Tree
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     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 low woods; along shores.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONS COMMENTS:
     Silt; mud
 
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR DISPERSAL AGENTS:   WIND
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   INSECT   bee
 
 
 FUNCTIONAL DATA COMMENTS:
     Species is usually bee pollinated.
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Low
 
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     EROSION CONTROL POTENTIAL:  High
 
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Fernald, M. L.  1950.  Gray's manual of botany.  8th ed.  American Book Co.,
     New York.  1632 pp.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1967-continuing.  The illustrated flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
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.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Salix eriocephala
 
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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