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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Calla palustris
 
 
 CLASS:    MONOCOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    ARALES
 FAMILY:   ARACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Calla palustris
 AUTHORITY:  L.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    WATER ARUM
    WILD CALLA
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: CAPA
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     WETLAND
       BOG
       BORDER OF LAKE
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     BOREAL
        Boreal conifers
        Tamarack
 
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:
     Northeastern Morainal
        Morainal
 
 COUNTIES:
   LAKE
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Monocot
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (fibrous)   (rhizomes)
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:    Basal
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Parallel
    LEAF SHAPE:     Ovate     Cordate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Spadix
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Incomplete  (no petals)  (no sepals)
    FRUIT:   Berry
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Rhizome bearing spaced, long-petioled leaves and solitary scapes; leaf
     veins not connected by crossveins and forming a network.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Endangered-ST
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Rare
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Forb
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual   Vegetative
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      6         MONTH END-      7
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect     Unisexual
 
 BIOLOGIC COMMENTS:
     Upper flowers may be staminate.
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Shallow water.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     SOIL CHEMISTRY INDICATOR:   Acidic
     GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS:  No data entered
 
     HABITAT:   Emergent aquatic   Wet
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:    No data entered
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     EDIBLE:  Yes-qualified
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Medium
     LANDSCAPING:  YES     AMOUNT:   Medium
 
 HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS:
     The rhizomes and seeds can be used to make a bread after extensive treatments
     of drying, grinding, boiling, and aging.  Untreated plants contain crystals of
     calcium oxalate, particularly in the rhizome, which if taken into the mouth
     cause intense irritation and a burning sensation.
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:   No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     WEEDINESS:   Non-weedy
 
 
 
 REFERENCES:
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.
Schwegman, J. E., G. D. Fell, M. Hutchison, G. Paulson, W. M. Shepherd, and
     J. White.  1973.  Comprehensive plan for the Illinois Nature Preserves
     System.  Part 2 - The Natural Divisions of Illinois.  Illinois Nature
     Preserves Commission, Springfield.  32 pp., plus map.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Calla palustris
 
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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