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Morton Arboretum

(MOR)

Catalog #: 0023980MOR

Occurrence ID (GUID): 981179b6-82b4-4f62-be16-5c95083a21d3

Secondary Catalog #: 110172

Collector: Dritz, K

Number: 993

Date: 1992-04-25

Verbatim Date: 4/25/1992

Locality: United States, Illinois, Grundy, In gravelly, sandy areas surrounding the parking lot at William G. Stratton State Park, Morris, between the I & M Canal and the Illinois River. These specimens were collectedalong the entrance road on the W side of the parking lot, in gravel. Some Ceratocephalus grows at the entrance sign, 90'

Associated Species: Taraxacum officinale; Galium aparine; Capsella bursa-pastoris; Alliaria officinalis; Ellisia nyctelea; Saponaria officinalis; Androsace occidentalis; Plantago lanceolata; Matricaria matricarioides; Veronica arvensis; Cerastium vulgatum; Lamium amplexicaule; Holosteum umbellatum; Stellaria pallida. At the latter site: Corydalis micrantha; Achillea millifolium; Veronica peregrina; V. polita; Descurainia pinnata brachycarpa

Reproductive Condition: Flower: Y Fruit: Y Vegetation: Y Bud: N

Notes: Prodigious quantities of this little plant (more than seen elsewhere in 1992) are found here. The vast majority of the plants, however, are on the E of the parking lot, where the road curves N and becomes Price St. Here the ground is dry, sandy and also clayey, with angular rocks of a tan color as well as rounded gravel. (see label for more)

Record ID: 981179b6-82b4-4f62-be16-5c95083a21d3

For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Andrew Hipp (ahipp@mortonarb.org)