Sagina decumbens (Elliott) Torr. & A.Gray subsp. decumbens

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Sagina decumbens (Ell.) Torr. & A.Gray
Det.: S.R. Hill, (ILLS) 2002 Caryophyllaceae
ILLINOIS: WILLIAMSON COUNTY: 37° 49’ 00”
N. Lat. 088° 59’ 20” W. Long. T. 8S, R. 2E, NW1/4
NE1/4 Sect. 21. South side of East Herrin Road, south
of Chittyville Road, at bend in gravel drive. 1.5 mile
due east-northeast of Herrin. Vicinity of reclaimed
Consolidated Coal Company mine. Johnston City 7.5’
quadrangle. Elevation 400 feet. Wet silty sand, poorly
drained, very disturbed.
Cleared area west of margin of oak forest and gravel
road; wet fallow cropland; Juncus tenuis, Geranium
carolinianum, Centunculus, Callitriche terrestris,
Plantago spp., Krigia oppositifolia. Common dwarf,
inconspicuous annual herb, flowers white. Pedicels
glandular like Sagina japónica (Sw.) Ohwi.
Steven R. Hill 34715	05 June 2002
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