Musa Basjoo,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Musa Basjoo, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
While often listed to be native to Japan, Musa basjoo, was actually introduced into Japan from China where the only wild populations remain in the Sichuan Province. The original Japanese account was of a cultivated specimen (Liu 2002).
Nyssa Sylvatica,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Nyssa Sylvatica, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
Nyssa sylvatica has a native range from Texas, north into Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, and east throughout the rest of the United States, including Ontario in Canada (USDA 2011).
Magnolia Tripetala,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Magnolia Tripetala, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
In the wild, the umbrella magnolia is found in forests from Pennsylvania south to Georgia and west to Arkansas and Mississippi. It prefers moist soil along mountain streams and edges of swamps (Callaway 1994). As broad as its range, it is never common.
Metasequoia Glyptostroboides,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Metasequoia Glyptostroboides, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
Dawn redwood has a limited native range consisting of a number of populations in the mixed forests of the western Hubei, eastern Sichuan, and southern Hunan Provinces of China. There are also single trees that exist outside its range that are evidence of a wider range that is suspected to have existed before settlement of these areas and subsequent harvesting of the trees for anthropogenic use (Williams 2005).
Acer Triflorum,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Acer Triflorum, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
Acer triflorum has a native range in forests of Manchuria and south-central Korea (Dirr 1998, Jones 1999).
Magnolia Macrophylla,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Magnolia Macrophylla, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
While never becoming a dominant tree, the bigleaf magnolia has a wide natural range in forests as far south as Georgia, west to Louisiana and Arkansas, north up to Ohio and Kentucky with it being most common in south central Mississippi. It prefers shady and moist areas along gorges (Callaway 1994).
Ostrya Virginiana,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Ostrya Virginiana, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
Ostrya virginiana occurs on dry woodland slopes in its natural range from Crook County of northeastern most Wyoming, and east throughout nearly the rest of North America, with exception of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada (Dirr 1998, USDA 2011).
Magnolia Virginiana,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Magnolia Virginiana, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
Magnolia virginiana has a native range from Florida, north to Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania, and south to Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas in swamps (Callaway 1994).
Franklinia Alatamaha,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Franklinia Alatamaha, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
Noted botanists John and William Bartram were the first to come across Franklinia on October 1, 1765 along the Altamaha (formerly Alatamaha) River near Fort Barrington, Georgia (Fry 2000, Tredici 2005). It was last observed growing in nature in 1803, and has long been extinct in the wild.
Ginkgo Biloba,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Ginkgo Biloba, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
Natural stands of Ginkgo biloba are all but eliminated from the wild with the exception of those occurring in mountains along the Yangtze River in China (Royer 2003).
Parrotia Persica,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Parrotia Persica, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
Persian ironwood has a native range in moist forests of lowlands and low mountains in northern Iran (Binka 2003).
Diospyros Virginiana,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Diospyros Virginiana, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
Diospyros virginiana has a native range from Nebraska, east through the Midwest to the East Coast into New York and Maryland, throughout the Southeast and down to Texas, including Utah and California (USDA 2011).
Phylogeny Of The Clusioid Clade (Malpighiales): Evidence From The Plastid And Mitochonrial Genomes,
2011
Eastern Kentucky University
Phylogeny Of The Clusioid Clade (Malpighiales): Evidence From The Plastid And Mitochonrial Genomes, Brad R. Ruhfel, Volker Bittrich, Claudia A. Bove, Mats H.G. Gustafsson, C. Thomas Philbrick, Rolf Rutsihauser, Zhenxiang Xi, Charles C. Davis
Biological Sciences Faculty and Staff Research
• Premise of the study : The clusioid clade includes five families (i.e., Bonnetiaceae, Calophyllaceae, Clusiaceae s.s., Hypericaceae, and Podostemaceae) represented by 94 genera and ~1900 species. Species in this clade form a conspicuous element of tropical forests worldwide and are important in horticulture, timber production, and pharmacology. We conducted a taxon-rich multigene phylogenetic analysis of the clusioids to clarify phylogenetic relationships in this clade. • Methods : We analyzed plastid ( matK , ndhF , and rbcL ) and mitochondrial ( matR ) nucleotide sequence data using parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian inference. Our combined data set included 194 …
Tetradium Daniellii,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Tetradium Daniellii, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
Tetradium daniellii has a natural range in forests and open slopes of Korea and northern China (Dirr 1998, Zhang 2011).
Aceraceae - Acer Griseum,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Aceraceae - Acer Griseum, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Family
Acer griseum was first brought to North America in 1907 by Ernest Henry Wilson in the form of two seedlings that were collected from Hubei Province in China. These two original plants remain at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, and were the source of the first North American horticultural distribution of the plant in 1927 (Del Tredici 2007). It is a handsome plant with very showy bark and is becoming more popular and easier to obtain than it has been in the past.
Acer Griseum,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Acer Griseum, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
Acer griseum was first brought to North America in 1907 by Ernest Henry Wilson in the form of two seedlings that were collected from Hubei Province in China. These two original plants remain at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, and were the source of the first North American horticultural distribution of the plant in 1927 (Del Tredici 2007). It is a handsome plant with very showy bark and is becoming more popular and easier to obtain than it has been in the past.
Carpinus Caroliniana,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Carpinus Caroliniana, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
Carpinus caroliniana has a native range from Texas, north to Oklahoma, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, throughout the rest of the eastern United States, including Ontario and Quebec, occurring in understories along waterways (USDA 2011, Dirr 1998).
Elliottia Racemosa,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Elliottia Racemosa, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
Georgia plume has a limited range occurring on sandy soils in seventy discrete stands in Georgia along the Altamaha- Ogeechee- Savannah river system and one location in South Carolina (Tucker 2009).
Cedrus Libani,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Cedrus Libani, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
Cedar of Lebanon had an extensive ancient range through Lebanon, Syria, and Southern Turkey. It now is greatly reduced and fragmented through economic exploitation for 5000 years, agricultural clearing, and war. Populations are found in the Taurus Mountains and Black Sea region of Turkey, the eastern side of Jabal an-Nusayriya in Syria, and the western mountain range in Lebanon (Khuri 2000).
Koelreuteria Paniculata,
2011
Eastern Illinois University
Koelreuteria Paniculata, Janice Coons, Nancy Coutant, Wesley Whiteside
Plants by Genus Species
Koelreuteria paniculata is native to temperate regions in China, Korea and Japan and is typically found in dry valleys (Dosmann 2006).
