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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Acalypha gracilens
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    EUPHORBIALES
 FAMILY:   EUPHORBIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Acalypha gracilens
 AUTHORITY:  Gray
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    SLENDER THREE-SEEDED MERCURY
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: ACGR2
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
         MESIC
     PRAIRIE
       GRAVEL PRAIRIE
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
         MESIC
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         SANDSTONE
         LIMESTONE
     CULTURAL
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ALEXANDER       BOND            CALHOUN         CASS            CHRISTIAN
   CLARK           COLES           CRAWFORD        CUMBERLAND      DEWITT
   DOUGLAS         EDGAR           EDWARDS         EFFINGHAM       FAYETTE
   FULTON          GALLATIN        GREENE          GRUNDY          HAMILTON
   HANCOCK         HARDIN          HENDERSON       HENRY           IROQUOIS
   JACKSON         JEFFERSON       JOHNSON         KANKAKEE        LASALLE
   LAWRENCE        LIVINGSTON      LOGAN           MCDONOUGH       MCLEAN
   MACON           MADISON         MARION          MASON           MASSAC
   MENARD          MONROE          MONTGOMERY      MORGAN          PERRY
   PIATT           PIKE            POPE            PULASKI         PUTNAM
   RANDOLPH        RICHLAND        ST. CLAIR       SALINE          SANGAMON
   SHELBY          UNION           VERMILION       WABASH          WAYNE
   WHITESIDE       WILL            WILLIAMSON
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMY COMMENTS:
     Species is including var. fraseri.
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Serrate   Crenate
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Linear   Oblong   Lanceolate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Spike
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Incomplete  (no petals)
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Capsule
 
 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-      6         MONTH END-      9
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     SEX:      Unisexual   -monoecious
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed along roadsides; sandy soil; open woods;
     meadows.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  NO     LANDSCAPING:  NO
 
 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.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1967-continuing.  The illustrated flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Acalypha gracilens
 
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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