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Prairie and Savanna Vegetation of Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature Preserve, Will County, Illinois

Mar 01, 2008; Phillippe, Loy R; Busemeyer, Daniel T; Marcum, Paul B; Feist, Mary Ann; Ebinger, John E ... ABSTRACT Vegetation of the Braidwood Dunes and Savanna Nature Preserve in Will County, Illinois, was studied during the growing seasons of 2004 and 2005. Located in the northeastern part of the Kankakee sand deposits, this site is a small remnant of sand prairie and sand savanna ...

The Vascular Flora of the J.T. Nickel Family Nature and Wildlife Preserve, Cherokee County, Oklahoma

Mar 01, 2008; Hoagland, Bruce W; Buthod, Amy ... ABSTRACT We report the results of on inventory of the vascular plants at the J.T. Nickel Family Nature and Wildlife Preserve in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. We collected a total of 597 taxa in 358 genera and 118 families. The greatest number of species were from Asteraceae (87), Poaceae ...

Floristic Study of Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak Nature Preserve, Mason County, Illinois

Mar 01, 2008; McClain, William E; Schwegman, John E; Strole, Todd A; Phillippe, Loy R; Ebinger, John E ... ABSTRACT The 590 ha Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak Nature Preserve in Mason County, Illinois contains remnant dry sand prairies, sand savanna, sand forest, and successional fields. Purchased in 1969, the abandoned agricultural fields have been allowed to re-vegetate naturally. The vegetation of ...

Noteworthy Collections: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Mar 01, 2008; Judd, Walter S ... Duranta arida Britt. & Wils. subsp. serpentina Sanders & Judd (VERBENACEAE)-Pedernales Province: Sierra de Baoruco National Park, accessed N of Cabo Rojo on old Alcoa road to Aceitillar, then north on jeep trail (Sendero Baoruco) to caseta #2. Along trail between park entrance (near ...

Ginseng Dreams: the Secret World of America's Most Valuable Plant

Mar 01, 2008; Douglas, Ruth ... Kristen Johannsen. 2006. Ginseng Dreams: the secret World of America's Most Valuable Plant. University Press of Kentucky. $24.95. ISBN 13:978-0-8131-2384-4. Author Kristin Johannsen, in her intriguing book, Ginseng Dreams, has set out to chronicle her 4-year odyssey to search out "the ...

Noteworthy Collections: NORTH CAROLINA Observations on the Invasive Cayratia japonica (Vitaceae) in North Carolina, Including Six New Records for the State

Mar 01, 2008; Soule, John T; Matthews, Jim; Blackmon, Karri C; Mellichamp, T Lawrence ... The highly invasive Cayratia japonica (Thunb.) Gagnep. (VITACEAE) is spreading throughout the Southeast. We report six new populations from North Carolina and provide comments on the floral morphology, with color photographs to call attention to this poorly known invasive species. Observations ...

Favorite Wildflower Walks in Georgia

Mar 01, 2008; Patrick, Thomas S ... Hugh Nourse and Carol Nourse. 2007. Favorite Wildflower Walks in Georgia. The University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia. $19.95. 190 pages. ISBN 10:0-8203-2841-3. This soft cover book is a field guide to 20 outstanding wildflower trails on public lands in Georgia. All regions of the ...

The Genera Desmodium and Hylodesmum (Fabaceae) in Alabama

Mar 01, 2008; Woods, Michael ... ABSTRACT Twenty species of Desmodium and three species of Hylodesmum occur in Alabama. Of these, all are native except D. tortuosum, which is introduced from tropical America. The most common species are D. paniculatum and H. nudiflorum. The least common species are D. floridanum and D ....