Amorpha fruticosa L.

PLANTS OF ILLINOIS, USA
Amorpha fruticosa L.
Fabaceac
Det.: S.R.Hill (ILLS) 2012
LAWRENCE COUNTY 38.73979° N. Lat.
087.69098° W. Long. SE 1/4 NE 1/4 Sec. 36. North of
junction of BUS US Rt. 50 and US Rt. 50, Embarras
River floodplain, east side of river, 1.4 km
north-northwest of Lawrenceville. Coordinate Datum:
WGS84/NAD83. Elevation 420 feet. Alluvial silt/sand.
Floodplain (bottomland) forest with some openings, also
including old river oxbow, now ponds / sloughs. Forest
dominated by Acer saccharinum, Chasmanthium
latifolium. Flowers dark purple; local shrub 3 m tall,
margin of open [possibly excavated] circular lake at its
southeast corner.
Steven R. Hill 38884
02530160