Recently added articles from Castanea:
Annotated Catalog and Atlas of Kentucky Woody Plants
Sep 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Kentucky (U.S.A.), occupies a topographically and geologically varied region of North America between the southern Appalachians and the Mississippi River. This Annotated Catalog and Atlas was generated from a survey of all known native and naturalized woody plants in Kentucky, ...
2008 Richard and Minnie Windler Award Recipients-Aaron H. Kennedy and Gary L. Walker
Sep 01, 2008; ... Aaron H. Kennedy and Gary L. Walker, Miami University Ohio and Appalachian State University, respectively, are the recipients of the 18th annual Richard and Minnie Windier Award. The Windier Award is given annually for the best paper in plant systematics published in Castanea during the ...
2008 Elizabeth Ann Bartholomew Award Recipient-Michael J. Baranski
Sep 01, 2008; ... The Southern Appalachian Botanical Society annually presents the Elizabeth Ann Bartholomew Award in memory of Elizabeth Ann Bartholomew's untiring service to the public, plant systematics, and to SABS. At the 2008 meeting of the Society in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the Award was presented to ...
Direct and Indirect Effects of Conditioned Soils and Tissue Extracts of the Invasive Shrub, Lonicera maackii, on Target Plant Performance
Sep 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Lonicera maackii is an invasive Asian shrub naturalized in North America that has negative effects on forest understory vegetation. Aqueous extracts of leaves and roots of this plant have been shown to inhibit germination of several species. In this study, we examined the extent ...
Sand Prairie Communities of Matanzas Nature Preserve, Mason County, Illinois
Sep 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The Matanzas Prairie Nature Preserve is located near Bath, Mason County, Illinois, in the extensive glacial sand deposits associated with the Illinois River. This Preserve contains the only remaining high quality wet-mesic sand prairie, shrub prairie, and sedge meadow associated ...
Myxomycetes of Long Hunter State Park, Davidson County, Tennessee
Sep 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT A survey of myxomycetes was conducted at three sites within Long Hunter State Park, Davidson County, Tennessee, from May 6 to September 30, 2006. Fruiting bodies that developed on samples of bark and plant debris placed in moist chamber cultures were used to supplement field ...
Noteworthy Collections: NORTH CAROLINA
Sep 01, 2008; ... Jeffersonia diphylla (L.) Pers. (BERBERIDACEAE) - Madison County: approximately 25 plants consisting of 9 to 21 leaves per plant observed at the transition zone of mature hemlock / mixed mesophytic forest and base of a mesic mafic cliff and ledges, on northfacing slopes, private property ...
The Vascular Plants of the Berea College Forest in Madison, Jackson, and Rockcastle Counties, Kentucky
Sep 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The vascular plants of the Berea College Forest (BCF), the oldest managed forest in Kentucky, are presented as an annotated species list. BCF is comprised of 3,380 ha in Madison, Jackson, and Rockcastle counties of east-central Kentucky. Forests and diverse habitats include ...
Noteworthy Collections: TENNESSEE
Sep 01, 2008; ... Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich) Ching (THELYPTERIDACEAE)- Gibson County: Low, disturbed woods of loess soil within the Coastal Plain Physiographic Province of western Tennessee, north end of Milan Army Ammunition Plant, USGS Atwood 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle, Lat: 35.9400N, Long ...
Delineation and Distribution of Zephyranthes Species (Amaryllidaceae) Endemic to the Southeastern United States
Sep 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Three closely related, midwinter to spring-flowering, mesic species of Zephyranthes (Amaryllidaceae) are endemic to the southeastern United States: Z. atamasca, Z. treatiae, and Z. simpsonii. The taxonomic level of the distinctiveness of Z. treatiae from Z. atamasca is ...