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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Agrostis scabra
 
 
 CLASS:    MONOCOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    CYPERALES
 FAMILY:   POACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Agrostis scabra
 AUTHORITY:  Willd.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    ROUGH BENT GRASS
    TICKLE GRASS
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: AGSC5
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
       SAND FOREST
         DRY-MESIC
       FLOODPLAIN FOREST
         MESIC
     PRAIRIE
       TYPICAL PRAIRIE
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
         MESIC
       SAND PRAIRIE
         DRY
         DRY-MESIC
         MESIC
     CULTURAL
       AGRICULTURAL FIELD
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
       RESTORATION
         PRAIRIE
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   CLARK           COLES           COOK            CRAWFORD        DUPAGE
   JACKSON         JO DAVIESS      LAKE            LASALLE         MCDONOUGH
   MCHENRY         MONTGOMERY      MOULTRIE        OGLE            PEORIA
   PERRY           RICHLAND        ROCK ISLAND     ST. CLAIR       SALINE
   SHELBY          WASHINGTON      WINNEBAGO
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Monocot
 
 TAXONOMY COMMENTS:
     Mohlenbrock (ref 8) says there are 2 forms in Illinois:
     F. scabra - lemma awnless; F. tuckermanii Fern. - lemmas with
     short awns.
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Adventitious   (rhizomes)   (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:
     Caespitose versus H. perennans; A. scabra has harshly scabrous
     panicle branches. Versus A. hyemalis, this species has larger
     spikelets and connivent glume-tips during fruiting.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 GEOGRAPHIC COMMENTS:
     Species is occasional in northern counties, absent from the
     southern quarter of the state.
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Grasslike
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is usually distributed on open, slightly acid sandy soil
     or shaded/open, sterile, abandoned sandy fields.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     NITROGEN FIXING   No
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:    No data entered
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:
     FOOD VALUE:  No data entered
     COVER VALUE:  No data entered
 
 LIVESTOCK PALATABILITY DATA:
     CATTLE FORAGE: No data    SHEEP FORAGE:  No data    HORSE FORAGE:  No data
     GOAT FORAGE:   No data    ENERGY VALUE:  Medium     PROTEIN VALUE: Low
     POISONOUS (LIVESTOCK):   No
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     WEEDINESS:   Non-weedy
 
 
 
 REFERENCES:
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.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Agrostis scabra
 
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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