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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Valerianella radiata
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    DIPSACALES
 FAMILY:   VALERIANACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Valerianella radiata
 AUTHORITY:  (L.) Dufr.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    CORN SALAD
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: VARA
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
         WET
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
         WET
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
     CULTURAL
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
       DEVELOPED LAND
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ALEXANDER       BOND            CALHOUN         CLAY            CLINTON
   COLES           CRAWFORD        CUMBERLAND      EFFINGHAM       FAYETTE
   FRANKLIN        GALLATIN        GREENE          HAMILTON        HARDIN
   JACKSON         JASPER          JEFFERSON       JERSEY          JOHNSON
   LAWRENCE        MACOUPIN        MADISON         MARION          MASSAC
   MONROE          PERRY           POPE            PULASKI         RANDOLPH
   RICHLAND        ST. CLAIR       SALINE          SHELBY          UNION
   WASHINGTON      WHITE           WILLIAMSON
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:     Opposite
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire   Serrate
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong
    INFLORESCENCE:   Dischasium
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Incomplete  (no sepals)   Irregular
    FLOWER COLOR:   White
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Epigynous
    FRUIT:   Other
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Seed bearing cavity of fruit is broader than the combined width of
     the empty cell.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 POPULATION STATUS COMMENTS:
     Species is occasional to common.
 
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Annual
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      4         MONTH END-      5
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:    No data entered
 
 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.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 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.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Valerianella radiata
 
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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