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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Sporobolus cryptandrus
 
 
 CLASS:    MONOCOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    CYPERALES
 FAMILY:   POACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Sporobolus cryptandrus
 AUTHORITY:  (Torr.) Gray
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    SAND DROPSEED
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: SPCR
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       SAND FOREST
         DRY
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
         MESIC
     PRAIRIE
       SAND PRAIRIE
         DRY
       HILL PRAIRIE
         LOESS
     SAVANNA
       SAND SAVANNA
         DRY
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         LIMESTONE
     CULTURAL
       DEVELOPED LAND
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     CENTRAL
        Upland oak
           White/Black/Northern Red-  Oak
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           BOONE           CALHOUN         CARROLL         CASS
   COOK            CRAWFORD        DEKALB          DUPAGE          FULTON
   GRUNDY          HANCOCK         HENDERSON       HENRY           JACKSON
   JERSEY          JO DAVIESS      KANE            KANKAKEE        KENDALL
   LAKE            LASALLE         LEE             MCDONOUGH       MADISON
   MASON           MASSAC          MENARD          MERCER          MONROE
   MORGAN          OGLE            PEORIA          PIKE            POPE
   RANDOLPH        ROCK ISLAND     ST. CLAIR       SANGAMON        SCOTT
   TAZEWELL        UNION           VERMILION       WHITESIDE       WILL
   WINNEBAGO       WOODFORD
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Monocot
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Parallel
    LEAF SHAPE:     Linear
    INFLORESCENCE:   Panicle
    FLOWER MEROUS:  3
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Grain
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Species has tufted or solitary culms; sheaths densely
     villous; panicles enclosed in the sheaths for varying lengths,
     panicles open.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 GEOGRAPHIC COMMENTS:
     Species is occasional in northern 1/3 and western counties, absent elsewhere.
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Grasslike
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      8         MONTH END-     10
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C4
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in dry sandy flats along Mississippi; loess
     mounds; infrequently on exposed limestone strata; along
     railroads; characteristic of nearly purely sandy areas, often
     in disturbed sandy areas. It is sparse in black-oak woods in
     northern Illinois; beaches of Lake Michigan.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     EDIBLE:  Yes-qualified
 
 
 HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS:
     Kiowa people may use this seed for flower. It may be
     possible to use other species in this genus similarly. See
     also Fernald et al.
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:
     FOOD VALUE:  No data entered
     COVER VALUE:  No data entered
 
 LIVESTOCK PALATABILITY DATA:
     CATTLE FORAGE: No data    SHEEP FORAGE:  No data    HORSE FORAGE:  No data
     GOAT FORAGE:   No data    ENERGY VALUE:  Medium     PROTEIN VALUE: Low
     POISONOUS (LIVESTOCK):   No
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     WEEDINESS:   Non-weedy
 
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1967-continuing.  The illustrated flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
Fernald, M. L., A. C. Kinsey, and R. C. Rollins.  1958.  Edible wild plants of
     eastern North America.  Harper and Brothers, New York.  452 pp.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Sporobolus cryptandrus
 
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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