Mitchell, Richard S.

Tucker, Gordon C.

English

Eastern Illinois University

Eastern Illinois UniversityThe KeepFaculty Research & Creative Activity Biological SciencesJanuary 1991Sagina japonica (Sw.) Ohwi, an overlookedadventive in the northeastern United StatesRichard S. MitchellNew York State MuseumGordon C. TuckerEastern Illinois University, gctucker@eiu.eduFollow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/bio_facPart of the Biology CommonsThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Biological Sciences at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Research &Creative Activity by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact tabruns@eiu.edu.Recommended CitationMitchell, Richard S. and Tucker, Gordon C., "Sagina japonica (Sw.) Ohwi, an overlooked adventive in the northeastern United States"(1991). Faculty Research & Creative Activity. 166.http://thekeep.eiu.edu/bio_fac/166SA(iJ ,.\ ' 1 .!APO\'!CJ (SW.) OHW! (CARYOPHYLLACEAE), AN OVERLOOKED ,-\DVENT!VE IN TilL NORTHEAS'TERJ'\ { JNITED STATES' RrcHARD S. Mnn-JFLL A"'D CioRnnN C. Tun.:rR l'i'ill Mitchell and Tucker- Sagma 193 At least one spc<::i mcn (Wilkins 14(,21) ha~ prominentJy and denSC"ly t ubercled seeds. while the remaining specimen~ from our <Ht:<~ h;~ ~t: oebble<l ked surf<~ccs. C:'T'ow (pcrs. comm.) sugg~t~ that this \":lria1ion tn::~y imply multiple imroduction ofthc spcc.ics into eastern Nonh Amenca. For those wishin& 10 idcmif~· Sagina species in New York and New longland, the follov.ing diagnostic key is provided: K£'1 IU S.iti!SA ~t'~UES IN !till Nl'.W I'NGl.AND-NI'W YORK ARE~ 1 Petals not showy, about e-qualing the- length of st"pals; llov.<ers terminal, solitary, or a second one borne a\ Ilk: ultimate noc.lc; upper leaf axils not bearing succulent shan-shoots (2) 2. Pcrianth JlaCts in 5's; annuals with ascending or decumbent. o llt"ncapillarystemsand slender taproots. no tstmngly tufted or spreading by offshoots (3) 3. Seeds p:de. mangular with a dorsal groovt": caPSules longer than brnad, tlCdiccls usually glabrous (sepals may he m inutely glandular at base-); leavts not suc-cult'n t . S . derumhci!I l Seeds dark brown, plump. lacking a dorsal @roove; Cllp-sules globose: pe-dicels s tandular pube~nf (at tea~\ thE- upper halves); leaves succulent .. S. ju/}Qnica 2. Pcrianth pans m 4's (rarely 5' s on th~ same plant): mat-ted. wiry perennials, spreading by offshoots . S. procumbens I. Petolls showy, about twice the length of' sepals; Dowers often mort: than 2 perintloreSCt'nc~; upperl~afaxils bearing d~nse. succulent short-shoots .. .. . . . .. . S. nodosa SKO!dThS (l<I\MLMW: C~<cticut; ,\i(,w I.JJndnn Co.: New London, \lnc~LI Colk t • Ca mpus,dcyooil b1 bmldinK- 7 .lul1· 1988, Maf!"~ ~~- fc<NN,.._-.:,.. ""'"'"· ..-HA). ~b""'~b-uo: lk<l..>hirc Co.: l gnomnnl. Ju~ lncl R o<>tl 27 J un<: lY'KI, II'O'iJII>~'b<v }\1\10("'"~- Fkon~a. b~sc (lfTurrC)' Mounlllin Rtoad, 13 J une 1'191.1, ll'f'tlt~~!986()'1t11); Wilhamlt~wn, dnv•v.-ay, 11 Ju~ 1990, Wt-J/im-I!NJ948 (:-<H-o). Han•~hfrt Co.: f'onha•!lPIOn, >lc~t•. 27 June J Q~ l, (J L Sd•mlw ] )4 (.,.vs),Aonht r>L, ''lnwood'' l•wn, 23 June 1~50, Jl. J:. n"'f''-'-" (,.,_.,.): Amil<:f1t , Sun,.:t A~'-""''· 13 JU"'-' I Q7~, H n. Hwll,llnri ~01-b lt<n); tbdlc~, 1\'urth ~bpi• StreeL, 3 July l'l?S, II F: .• ·!hi~· 55~37 (><n ) N • .,. Y<ot~; Brom Co · Pt iii.:Lm IS;.oy P•rL, S..-..r. 2\1. t~ June t~l7, H t.. AMo·> 1409 (NY.,); ('ll~mu~Co .. I:Jmir-1. curbm1s ~nd J~""'- "1945," S.J. Smor/1 47Q7 (:-on~ Kmis Co.; rn»P«t P.~rk 194 Rhodom [Vot.Q3 Brl)(lU)·n.N \' '" iV>">""I, g June 1957. 1 /,ll!ad;~no~U"('"·)c ! l l <t<'!"( o: M<><>n Hollo" Kd . 2 mr. w. of V.. ~ho<on, To"l1 <>f0tivo, gro•••ng in damp"h <oil of .bade<! roa d>l(lc. I ~ Ju t) 19H. Karl Broo~J ~0 74 & P~u/lluth ("n). l'enn>) h DIIio. &rb( G.: la,.·n of R<a<:h ng Mu-.eum li round,. llrl~r~ · /4~!1 (l'H~) ( R<"\~;~,~,:. 1 ~~~o~a~~~"t:;•;• '"""'" vf Su~ma j( ~1')oph) Ua,·cae ) 1 n North 1981 Th<>) >temat" ; i gno fornnecufserdmorphol"i!'"S~J:InJ(( 'al)o­ph ylla<:\'a~) un der ..:ann•ng ~l~ctron m•"ro•c<:>p)·- Bnnon•a l l : 52-~3 llU) LO(dC'AI SU RVEY Mil YOR I-. STATE,\ lUSH ! M Ill Br\NY, NFV.· YO RK 1 2~30 

Sagina japonica (Sw.) Ohwi, an overlooked adventive in the northeastern United States

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Tucker, Gordon

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