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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Aster drummondii
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    ASTERALES
 FAMILY:   ASTERACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Aster drummondii
 AUTHORITY:  Lindl.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    DRUMMOND'S ASTER
 
 SYNONOMY:
     Aster sagittifolius Wedem. var. drummondii (Lindl.) Shinners
 
 PLANTS CODE: ASDR
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         DRY
       THICKETS
     SAVANNA
       TYPICAL SAVANNA
         DRY-MESIC
     CULTURAL
       AGRICULTURAL FIELD
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
         ABANDONED FORAGELAND
       DEVELOPED LAND
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     CENTRAL
        Upland oak
           White/Black/Northern Red-  Oak
     NORTHERN
       Northern Hardwoods
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       BOND            BOONE           BROWN
   BUREAU          CALHOUN         CASS            CHAMPAIGN       CHRISTIAN
   CLARK           COOK            DEKALB          DEWITT          DOUGLAS
   DUPAGE          FAYETTE         FULTON          GALLATIN        GREENE
   GRUNDY          HANCOCK         HARDIN          HENDERSON       HENRY
   IROQUOIS        JACKSON         JERSEY          JO DAVIESS      JOHNSON
   KANE            KANKAKEE        KENDALL         KNOX            LAKE
   LASALLE         LAWRENCE        LEE             LIVINGSTON      LOGAN
   MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY         MCLEAN          MACON           MACOUPIN
   MADISON         MARSHALL        MENARD          MERCER          MONROE
   MORGAN          MOULTRIE        OGLE            PEORIA          PIATT
   PIKE            POPE            PULASKI         PUTNAM          RANDOLPH
   ROCK ISLAND     ST. CLAIR       SALINE          SANGAMON        SCHUYLER
   SCOTT           SHELBY          STARK           STEPHENSON      UNION
   VERMILION       WABASH          WAYNE           WILL            WILLIAMSON
   WINNEBAGO       WOODFORD
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMY COMMENTS:
     May be the same as Aster texanus Burgess-.
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (fibrous)   (rhizomes)
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire   Serrate
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong   Lanceolate   Ovate     Cordate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Panicle  Head
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular   Irregular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Blue
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Epigynous
    FRUIT:   Achene
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Versus typical variety, this one has stem evenly and usually densely short-
     pubescent throughout.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Common
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual   Vegetative
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      8         MONTH END-     10
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     SEX:      Perfect     Unisexual   -monoecious
 
 BIOLOGIC COMMENTS:
     Disk florets perfect and fertile, ray florets pistillate and fertile.  A
     branched caudex or short rhizome.  An abundant fall wildflower.
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Rocky or open woods.  Open disturbed woods, enough weedy potential to invade
     abandoned fields and pastures.  Fraxinus americana, Prunus serotina, Prunus
     virginiana, Tilia americana.  Weed in rubble of destroyed buildings.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS:  No data entered
 
     HABITAT:   Dry
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   INSECT
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:    No data entered
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 LIVESTOCK COMMENTS:
     Possible selenium accumulator.
 
 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.
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.
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.
 
 OTHER REFERENCES:
     Stephens, H.A. 1980.  Poisonous Plants of Central United States.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Aster drummondii
 
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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