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Engineer Cantonment, Missouri Territory, 1819-1820: America's First Biodiversity Ineventory, Hugh H. Genoways, Brett C. Ratcliffe Jan 2008

Engineer Cantonment, Missouri Territory, 1819-1820: America's First Biodiversity Ineventory, Hugh H. Genoways, Brett C. Ratcliffe

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences

It is our thesis that members of the Stephen Long Expedition of 1819-20 completed the first biodiversity inventory undertaken in the United States at their winter quarters, Engineer Cantonment, Missouri Territory, in the modern state of Nebraska. This accomplishment has been overlooked both by biologists and historians, but it should rank among the most significant accomplishments of the expedition. The results of this inventory allow us to evaluate the environmental, faunal, and floral changes along the Missouri River in the intervening nearly 190 years. The historical records form a visual image of a dynamic riverine system in which a highly …


2008 Wildflower Of The Year: Virginia Spiderwort, Tradescantia Virginiana, W. John Hayden Jan 2008

2008 Wildflower Of The Year: Virginia Spiderwort, Tradescantia Virginiana, W. John Hayden

Biology Faculty Publications

Spiderwort is an herbaceous perennial that arises from a cluster of rather stout overwintering roots. Stems may be solitary or more commonly clumped, and usually grow unbranched, reaching heights up to 40 cm tall. Stems are smooth or bear scattered short hairs. Leaves are 2—5 per stem, attached by means of a leaf sheath that is 13 cm long. Leaf blades are dull green, elongate, ending in a gradually tapered tip, flat or keeled, smooth (without hairs), and 1—3.5 dm long by 0.5—2.5 cm wide. Flowers occur in tight clusters located at the stem apex; bracts similar to the leaves …


2007 Wildflower Of The Year: Atamasco Lily, Zephyranthes Atamasca, W. John Hayden Jan 2007

2007 Wildflower Of The Year: Atamasco Lily, Zephyranthes Atamasca, W. John Hayden

Biology Faculty Publications

Atamasco lily is a perennial herb that grows from a subterranean bulb. The bulb is dark, with a short neck and papery tunic formed by remnants of old leaf bases. Leaves are glossy green, linear, flat to somewhat concave, up to one half inch wide, approximately one foot in length and, overall, rather grasslike. When not in flower the plants can be easily overlooked. Flowering stems are leafless scapes that are about as long as the leaves. In crosssection the scapes are hollow. Each scape terminates in a single flower. A few papery bracts subtend the flower stalk where it …


The Vascular Flora And Community Structure Of Little Calumet Headwaters Nature Preserve, Laporte Country, Indiana, Julia L. Angstmann, Paul E. Rothrock, Thomas W. Post Jan 2006

The Vascular Flora And Community Structure Of Little Calumet Headwaters Nature Preserve, Laporte Country, Indiana, Julia L. Angstmann, Paul E. Rothrock, Thomas W. Post

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Little Calumet Headwaters Nature Preserve is a 108-acre tract of woodland and wetland areas that comprise the headwaters of the Little Calumet River in northwestern Indiana. The preserve, consisting of upland hardwood forests, groundwater seeps, and wetland complex, is an area of high diversity due to its topographical variation. A floristic inventory, plot sampling, and seed bank analysis were used to determine the structure and composition of the plant communities. The flora consists of 298 species (27 exotic) representing 188 genera and 84 families. Dominant vegetation of the forest includes Liriodendron tulipifera, Prunus serotina, Packera aurea and Podophyllum peltatum. …


2006 Wildflower Of The Year: Spicebush, Lindera Benzoin, W. John Hayden Jan 2006

2006 Wildflower Of The Year: Spicebush, Lindera Benzoin, W. John Hayden

Biology Faculty Publications

Spicebush is a multistemmed deciduous shrub that grows to a height of one to three meters. Young stems are delicate and may be smooth or finely hairy. Leaves are alternate and simple, with an elliptic to obovate blade that tapers at both the base and apex and is bounded by a smooth margin. Examined closely, the margin will reveal a series of fine hairs that project directly out from the leaf edge. In size, leaves are neither remarkably large nor small; they range from one to six inches in length and up to about two and a half inches wide, …


Flora Of The Gurvan Saykhan Mountains, Tseden Jamsran, Batlai Oyuntsetseg, Radnaakhand Tungalag Jan 2005

Flora Of The Gurvan Saykhan Mountains, Tseden Jamsran, Batlai Oyuntsetseg, Radnaakhand Tungalag

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Although two major books have been published on the Mongolian flora regional data are often still lacking due to the vast expanses of the country. Therefore we used published information and data from our own fieldwork to compile a relatively comprehensive inventory of the flora of the Gobi Gurvan Saykhan mountains in southern Mongolia.


Bultongue Sagittaria Lancifolia L. = Sagittaria Falcata Pursh, Gene Silberhorn Jan 2002

Bultongue Sagittaria Lancifolia L. = Sagittaria Falcata Pursh, Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen identification.


Water Hemlock, Beaver Poison Cicuta Maculata L., Gene Silberhorn Nov 2001

Water Hemlock, Beaver Poison Cicuta Maculata L., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen identification.


Vascular Flora Of Van Horn Woods, Plainfield Township, Will County, Il, Joseph Traina Oct 2001

Vascular Flora Of Van Horn Woods, Plainfield Township, Will County, Il, Joseph Traina

Faculty Publications & Research

The vascular flora at Van Horn Woods Park was surveyed during the 1998-2000 growing seasons. This park is a 30 hectare site located in Plainfield Township, Will County, Illi- nois (SE1/4 S27 T36N R9E). A total of 246 taxa, representing 160 genera and 67 fami- lies, were identified within or immediately adjacent to the park. Seventy-one percent of these taxa were native. Four taxa were collected and submitted to the Morton Arboretum as new county records for Will County. The quality of this site as a natural area was also assessed using quantitative methods based on floral composition and diversity. …


Chinese Privet Ligustrum Sinense Lour., Gene Silberhorn Sep 2001

Chinese Privet Ligustrum Sinense Lour., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen identification.


Mountain Laurel Kalmia Latifolia L., Gene Silberhorn Jul 2001

Mountain Laurel Kalmia Latifolia L., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen identification.


Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera Japonica Thunb., Gene Silberhorn Mar 2001

Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera Japonica Thunb., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen identification.


Comparative Genetics Of Seven Plants Endemic To Florida’S Lake Wales Ridge, Eric S. Menges, Rebecca W. Dolan, Rebecca Yahr, Doria R. Gordan Jan 2001

Comparative Genetics Of Seven Plants Endemic To Florida’S Lake Wales Ridge, Eric S. Menges, Rebecca W. Dolan, Rebecca Yahr, Doria R. Gordan

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Here we submit that mathematical tools used in population viability analysis can be used in conjunction with floristic and faunistic surveys to predict changes in biogeographic range. We illustrate our point by summarizing the results of a demographic study of Lobelia boykinii. In this study we used deterministic and stochastic matrix models to estimate the growth rate and to predict the time to extinction for three populations growing in the Carolina bays. The stochastic model better discriminated among the fates of the three populations. It predicted extinction for two populations in the next 25 years but no extinction of the …


Laurel-Leaved Greenbrier, Bamboo Smilax Laurifolia L., Gene Silberhorn Jan 2001

Laurel-Leaved Greenbrier, Bamboo Smilax Laurifolia L., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen identification.


Willow Oak Quercus Phellos L., Gene Silberhorn Nov 2000

Willow Oak Quercus Phellos L., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen identification.


Basket Oak, Swamp Chestnut Oak Quercus Michauxii Nutt., Gene Silberhorn Sep 2000

Basket Oak, Swamp Chestnut Oak Quercus Michauxii Nutt., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen identification.


Red Bay Persea Barbonia (L.) Sprengel, Gene Silberhorn Jul 2000

Red Bay Persea Barbonia (L.) Sprengel, Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen identification.


Sweet Bells, Fetterbush, Dog-Hobble Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don., Gene Silberhorn May 2000

Sweet Bells, Fetterbush, Dog-Hobble Leucothoe Axillaris (Lam.) D. Don., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen identification.


Tulip Poplar, Tulip Tree Liriodendron Tulopifera L., Gene Silberhorn Mar 2000

Tulip Poplar, Tulip Tree Liriodendron Tulopifera L., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen identification.


Water Willow, Swamp Loosestrife Decodon Verticillatus (L.) Ell., Gene Silberhorn Jan 2000

Water Willow, Swamp Loosestrife Decodon Verticillatus (L.) Ell., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen identification.


Sweetpepper Bush Clethra Alnifolia L., Gene Silberhorn Nov 1999

Sweetpepper Bush Clethra Alnifolia L., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen ident


Strawberry Bush, Bursting Heart Euonymus Americanus L., Gene Silberhorn Sep 1999

Strawberry Bush, Bursting Heart Euonymus Americanus L., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen ident


Jewelweed, Touch-Me-Not Impatiens Capensis Meerb., Gene Silberhorn May 1999

Jewelweed, Touch-Me-Not Impatiens Capensis Meerb., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen ident


Monkey-Flower Mimulus Alatus Ait., Gene Silberhorn Mar 1999

Monkey-Flower Mimulus Alatus Ait., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen ident


Cardinal Flower Lobelia Cardinalis L., Gene Silberhorn Jan 1999

Cardinal Flower Lobelia Cardinalis L., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen ident


Meadow Beauty Rhexia Mariana L., Gene Silberhorn May 1998

Meadow Beauty Rhexia Mariana L., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen ident


Cattail Sedge Carex Typhinia Michx., Gene Silberhorn Nov 1997

Cattail Sedge Carex Typhinia Michx., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen ident


Black Gum Nyssa Sylvatica Marsh., Gene Silberhorn Sep 1997

Black Gum Nyssa Sylvatica Marsh., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen ident


Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium Corymbosum L., Gene Silberhorn Jul 1997

Highbush Blueberry Vaccinium Corymbosum L., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen ident


Partridge Pea Chamaecrista Fasciculata (Michx.) Greene Syn. Cassia Fasciculata Michx., Gene Silberhorn Jul 1997

Partridge Pea Chamaecrista Fasciculata (Michx.) Greene Syn. Cassia Fasciculata Michx., Gene Silberhorn

Reports

The Wetland Flora Technical Report series provides concise information regarding the identification, growth habits, distribution, habitat, ecology and wetland indicator status for the title species. Illustrations are also included to aid in specimen ident