ILLINOIS PLANT INFORMATION NETWORK
 
 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Zizia aurea
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    UMBELLALES
 FAMILY:   APIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Zizia aurea
 AUTHORITY:  (L.) Koch.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    GOLDEN ALEXANDERS
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: ZIAU
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         MESIC
         WET-MESIC
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
         MESIC
         WET-MESIC
       THICKETS
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
         WET-MESIC
       LISTED
         CHARACTERISTIC
     SAVANNA
       TYPICAL SAVANNA
         MESIC
       LISTED
         CHARACTERISTIC
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         LIMESTONE
     CULTURAL
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           BOONE           BROWN           BUREAU          CARROLL
   CASS            CHAMPAIGN       CHRISTIAN       CLARK           CLAY
   CLINTON         COLES           COOK            CRAWFORD        CUMBERLAND
   DEKALB          DEWITT          DOUGLAS         DUPAGE          EDGAR
   EDWARDS         EFFINGHAM       FAYETTE         FORD            FULTON
   GALLATIN        GREENE          GRUNDY          HAMILTON        HANCOCK
   HARDIN          HENRY           IROQUOIS        JACKSON         JASPER
   JERSEY          JO DAVIESS      JOHNSON         KANE            KANKAKEE
   KENDALL         KNOX            LAKE            LASALLE         LEE
   LIVINGSTON      LOGAN           MCDONOUGH       MCHENRY         MCLEAN
   MACON           MACOUPIN        MADISON         MARION          MASON
   MENARD          MERCER          MONROE          MORGAN          MOULTRIE
   OGLE            PEORIA          PERRY           PIATT           POPE
   PUTNAM          RICHLAND        ROCK ISLAND     ST. CLAIR       SALINE
   SANGAMON        SCOTT           SHELBY          STARK           STEPHENSON
   TAZEWELL        VERMILION       WABASH          WAYNE           WHITESIDE
   WILL            WINNEBAGO
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate    Basal
    LEAF TYPE:    Compound  (pinnately)  (trifoliate)
    LEAF MARGIN:   Serrate
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Lanceolate   Ovate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Umbel
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Yellow
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Epigynous
    FRUIT:   SCHIZOCARP
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      4         MONTH END-      7
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Meadows; woods at bluff bases; open woods.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS:
          GRAVEL         No data entered    SAND           No data entered
          SANDY LOAM     No data entered    LOAM           No data entered
          CLAY LOAM      No data entered    CLAY           No data entered
          DENSE CLAY     No data entered    ORGANIC SOIL   No data entered
          NEUTRAL pH     No data entered    ACIDIC SOIL    No data entered
          EXTREMELY ACID No data entered    SALINE SOIL    No data entered
          SODIC SOIL     No data entered    SODIC-SALINE   No data entered
          ROCKY OUTCROPS Good               GENTLE SLOPES  No data entered
          MODERATE SLOPE No data entered    STEEP SLOPES   No data entered
     HABITAT:   Wet   Moist
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Low
 
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 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.
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.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
White, J., and M. H. Madany.  1978.  Classification of natural communities in
     Illinois.  Pages 309-405 in J. White, ed., Illinois natural areas
     inventory technical report.  Vol. 1.  Survey methods and results.
     Illinois Natural Areas Inventory, Urbana.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Zizia aurea
 
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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