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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Aster novae-angliae
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    ASTERALES
 FAMILY:   ASTERACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Aster novae-angliae
 AUTHORITY:  L.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    NEW ENGLAND ASTER
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: ASNO
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       THICKETS
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
         MESIC
     WETLAND
       FEN
       BORDER OF LAKE
     CULTURAL
       AGRICULTURAL FIELD
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
         ABANDONED FORAGELAND
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     NO
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           BOND            BOONE           BROWN           BUREAU
   CALHOUN         CARROLL         CHAMPAIGN       CHRISTIAN       CLARK
   CLAY            CLINTON         COLES           COOK            CRAWFORD
   DEKALB          DEWITT          DOUGLAS         DUPAGE          EDGAR
   EFFINGHAM       FAYETTE         FORD            FRANKLIN        FULTON
   GREENE          GRUNDY          HAMILTON        HANCOCK         HENDERSON
   HENRY           IROQUOIS        JACKSON         JASPER          JEFFERSON
   JO DAVIESS      JOHNSON         KANE            KANKAKEE        KENDALL
   KNOX            LAKE            LASALLE         LAWRENCE        LEE
   LIVINGSTON      LOGAN           MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY         MCLEAN
   MACON           MACOUPIN        MADISON         MARION          MARSHALL
   MASON           MENARD          MERCER          MONTGOMERY      MORGAN
   MOULTRIE        OGLE            PEORIA          PERRY           PIATT
   PIKE            POPE            PUTNAM          RANDOLPH        RICHLAND
   ROCK ISLAND     ST. CLAIR       SANGAMON        SCHUYLER        SCOTT
   SHELBY          STARK           STEPHENSON      TAZEWELL        UNION
   VERMILION       WABASH          WARREN          WAYNE           WHITESIDE
   WILL            WILLIAMSON      WINNEBAGO       WOODFORD
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (fibrous)   (rhizomes)
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong   Lanceolate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Head
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Incomplete   Regular   Irregular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Blue   Violet   White   Others
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Epigynous
    FRUIT:   Achene
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Leaves are sessile; conspicuously auriculate-clasping.
 
 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
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      8         MONTH END-     10
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     SEX:      Perfect     Unisexual   -monoecious
 
 BIOLOGIC COMMENTS:
     Disk florets are perfect and fertile; ray florets are pistillate and
     fertile. Species has a stout caudex or short, thickened rhizome;
     occasionally with creeping rhizomes also.
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in prairie swales, wet meadows, alluvial
     soils, low fields in valleys. Slightly weedy tendencies allow
     species to survive after disturbance.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR POLLINATION AGENT:   INSECT
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  High
 
 
 HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS:
     This is one of showiest of genus, commonly cultivated; rose-colored
     form most often grown.
 
 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:  No data    PROTEIN VALUE: No data
     POISONOUS (LIVESTOCK):   Suspect
 
 LIVESTOCK COMMENTS:
     Species is possible selenium accumulator.
 
 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.
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. Plants of the Central United States. Regent
     Press of Kansas. Lawrence, KA. 165 pp.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Aster novae-angliae
 
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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