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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Agrostis alba palustris
 
 
 CLASS:    MONOCOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    CYPERALES
 FAMILY:   POACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Agrostis alba palustris
 AUTHORITY:  L.
 SUBSPECIFIC AUTHORITY: (Huds.) Farw.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    CREEPING BENT GRASS
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: AGSTP
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     PRAIRIE
       DOLOMITE PRAIRIE
         WET-MESIC
         WET
     WETLAND
       FEN
         GRAMINOID
         LOW SHRUB
         TALL SHRUB
         FORESTED
       SEEP & SPRING
         CALCAREOUS SEEP
       BORDER OF LAKE
     CULTURAL
       AGRICULTURAL FIELD
         PASTURELAND
         FIELD DIVISION
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
         ABANDONED CROPLAND
         ABANDONED FORAGELAND
       RESTORATION
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     NO
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           BOONE           CHAMPAIGN       CHRISTIAN       COOK
   DEKALB          DUPAGE          FAYETTE         HENRY           JACKSON
   JOHNSON         KENDALL         LAKE            MCDONOUGH       MARION
   PEORIA          RANDOLPH        ST. CLAIR       UNION           WABASH
   WILL            WINNEBAGO
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Monocot
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (stolons)
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Parallel
    LEAF SHAPE:     Linear
    INFLORESCENCE:   Panicle
    FLOWER MEROUS:  3
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Hypogynous
    FRUIT:   Grain
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Versus Agrostis alba var. alba, this has stolons present,
     culms decumbent, panicle straw-colored, branches ascending. It
     forms dense mats from creeping, rooting stolons.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 GEOGRAPHIC COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed throughout the state, but is nowhere abundant.
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Grasslike
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed as native plants on alkali, springy ground and planted
     turf.
 
 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
 
 REVEGATATION COMMENTS:
     Species is resistant to salt-spray and can be used as a lawn-grass
     near the seashore. It is common on golf-courses but requires
     cool, moist conditions.
 
 
 REFERENCES:
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.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1967-continuing.  The illustrated flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
Gill, J. D. and W. M. Healy.  1974.  Shrubs and vines for northeastern
     wildlife.  USDA Forest Service General Technical Report NE-9.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Agrostis alba 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