ILLINOIS PLANT INFORMATION NETWORK ILPIN INFORMATION ON Zoysia japonica CLASS: MONOCOTYLEDENAE ORDER: CYPERALES FAMILY: POACEAE SCIENTIFIC NAME: Zoysia japonica AUTHORITY: COMMON NAMES: NO SELECTED RECORDS IN THE SPECIFIED RANGE SYNONOMY: None PLANTS CODE: ZOJA NO NATURAL COMMUNITY INFORMATION SAF FOREST COVER TYPE: UNAVAILABLE NATURAL DIVISION: UNAVAILABLE COUNTIES: JACKSON GROWTH FORM: Monocot TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS: No data entered GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: ORIGIN: Introduced- Asia POPULATION DYNAMICS: FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed BIOLOGIC: HABIT: Grasslike LIFE CYCLE: Perennial TROPHIC STATUS: Autotrophic C02 FIXATION: C4 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. 1986. Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois. Revised and enlarged edition. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale. 507 pp. END OF DATA FOR SPECIES Zoysia japonica ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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