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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Bidens discoidea
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    ASTERALES
 FAMILY:   ASTERACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Bidens discoidea
 AUTHORITY:  (Torr. & Gray) Britt.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    STICKTIGHT
    SWAMP BEGGAR-TICKS
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: BIDI
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     WETLAND
       SWAMP
       BORDER OF LAKE
     LAKE AND POND
       POND
       LAKE
         NATURAL IMPOUNDMENT
           SINK HOLE
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     SOUTHERN
        Bottomland
           Baldcypress
           Baldcypress - Water Tupelo
           Water Tupelo
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           ALEXANDER       BUREAU          CALHOUN         CHAMPAIGN
   GALLATIN        GREENE          HANCOCK         HARDIN          HENDERSON
   JACKSON         JEFFERSON       JERSEY          JOHNSON         MCDONOUGH
   MCLEAN          MASSAC          PIKE            POPE            PULASKI
   RANDOLPH        ST. CLAIR       UNION           VERMILION
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:     Opposite
    LEAF TYPE:    Compound  (pinnately)
    LEAF MARGIN:   Serrate
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong   Lanceolate     Deltoid
    INFLORESCENCE:   Head
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular   Irregular
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Epigynous
    FRUIT:   Achene
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Annual
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      8         MONTH END-     10
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 BIOLOGIC COMMENTS:
     Species is often an epiphyte; heads are discoid or nearly so.
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in upland sinkhole ponds; swampy lowlands; about
     oxbow lakes; alluvial bottoms. Shaded swamps where water has
     receded exposing soaked logs are other areas where species
     is distributed. Populus heteophylla. See also SAF forest cover types.
 
 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.
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.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Bidens discoidea
 
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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