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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Besseya bullii
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    SCROPHULARIALES
 FAMILY:   SCROPHULARIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Besseya bullii
 AUTHORITY:  (Eat.) Rydb.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    KITTEN TAILS
 
 SYNONOMY:
     Wulfenia bullii (Eat.) Barnh.
     Synthyris bullii (Eat.) Heller
 
 PLANTS CODE: BEBU
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     PRAIRIE
       SAND PRAIRIE
         DRY
       GRAVEL PRAIRIE
         DRY
       LISTED
         CHARACTERISTIC
     SAVANNA
       BARREN
         DRY
     WETLAND
       BORDER OF LAKE
     PRIMARY
       BLUFF
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     SOUTHERN
 NO MATCH IN RELATED DATAFILE 1 FOR RECORD    2359
 
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   CARROLL         CASS            HENDERSON       JO DAVIESS      LEE
   MASON           MENARD          MERCER          OGLE            PIKE
   ROCK ISLAND     TAZEWELL        WHITESIDE       WINNEBAGO
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate    Basal
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Serrate   Crenate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong   Ovate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Spike
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Irregular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Yellow
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Capsule
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     stem leaves much reduced
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 GEOGRAPHIC COMMENTS:
     along IL & Mississippi rivers in northern 1/4
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Threatened-ST
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Uncommon
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      5         MONTH END-      6
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS:
          GRAVEL         Good               SAND           Good
          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    Good
          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  Good
          MODERATE SLOPE Good               STEEP SLOPES   No data entered
     HABITAT:   Dry
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Low
 
 
 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.
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  Besseya bullii
 
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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