The Vascular Flora of the Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden site Osage County, Oklahoma

Abstract

This paper is a report on the results of an inventory of the vascular plants at the future site of the Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden in Osage County, Oklahoma. We collected a total of 293 taxa in 208 genera and 68 families. The families Poaceae and Asteraceae had the greatest number of species with 50 and 44 species respectively. Forty-one species of woody plants were present. Forty-four non-native species were present, representing 15% of the flora. No species tracked by the Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory were present.