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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Acalypha ostryaefolia
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    EUPHORBIALES
 FAMILY:   EUPHORBIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Acalypha ostryaefolia
 AUTHORITY:  Riddell
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    THREE-SEEDED MERCURY
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: ACOS
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       THICKETS
     WETLAND
       BORDER OF LAKE
     PRIMARY
       BLUFF
     CULTURAL
       AGRICULTURAL FIELD
         CROPLAND
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
         ABANDONED CROPLAND
           EARLY
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ALEXANDER       CHAMPAIGN       CHRISTIAN       CLARK           COLES
   CRAWFORD        CUMBERLAND      EDGAR           EDWARDS         FAYETTE
   GREENE          HARDIN          JACKSON         JERSEY          JOHNSON
   LAWRENCE        LOGAN           MACON           MASSAC          MONROE
   MORGAN          PIATT           PIKE            POPE            PULASKI
   RANDOLPH        ST. CLAIR       SCHUYLER        SCOTT           SHELBY
   UNION           WABASH          WHITE
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-herb
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Serrate   Dentate
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong   Ovate     Cordate
    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-      7         MONTH END-     10
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     SEX:      Unisexual   -monoecious
 
 BIOLOGIC COMMENTS:
     Species has staminate and pistillate flowers in separate inflorescences.
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed in riverbanks; roadsides; gardens; waste places;
     open soils.
 
 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.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1967-continuing.  The illustrated flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Acalypha ostryaefolia
 
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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