{"title":"A Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the Mary K. Oxley Nature Center, Tulsa County, Oklahoma","authors":"A. Buthod","doi":"10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100097","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports the results of an inventory of the vascular flora of the Mary K. Oxley Nature Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A total of 342 taxa from 75 families and 237 genera were collected from four main vegetation types. The families Asteraceae and Poaceae were the largest, with 49 and 42 taxa, respectively. Fifty-eight exotic taxa were found, representing 17% of the total flora. Twelve taxa tracked by the Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory were present.","PeriodicalId":32630,"journal":{"name":"Oklahoma Native Plant Record","volume":"13 1","pages":"29-47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68758186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Preliminary Pawnee Ethnobotany Checklist","authors":"C. Ledford","doi":"10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100090","url":null,"abstract":"This document contains excerpts from a work in progress focusing on the ethnobotany of the Pawnee Native Americans. The effort being made is to consolidate research findings to provide a written record specifically addressing plant use by the Pawnee. The majority of the information gained was through literature reviews which provided a historic perspective. However, living among the Pawnee for twenty-two years has provided some insight into modern uses of some plants. A priority at the onset was to identify and describe the broad-ranging application of plants within their culture. All the ethnobotanical examples here are based on plants that have been documented in Oklahoma. Each plant is related to its currently known biogeography in Kansas and Nebraska which was regionally part of their historic homeland until their removal to Oklahoma beginning in 1875.","PeriodicalId":32630,"journal":{"name":"Oklahoma Native Plant Record","volume":"12 1","pages":"33-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68758047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vascular Flora of Alabaster Caverns State Park, Cimarron Gypsum Hills, Woodward County,Oklahoma","authors":"G. Caddell, K. Rice","doi":"10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100091","url":null,"abstract":"Alabaster Caverns State Park is located in the Cimarron Gypsum Hills of northwestern Oklahoma, a semi-arid region of the state. The majority of the park is dominated by mixed-grass prairie and gypsum outcrops, with some riparian habitat and wooded north-facing slopes. A vascular plant inventory conducted from 2004 through 2007 yielded 274 species in 199 genera and 66 families. The largest families were the Poaceae (52 species), Asteraceae (47), and Fabaceae (23). There were 100 annuals, 6 biennials, and 163 perennials, as well as 5 species that have more than one life history form. Forty-two species (15.3%) were not native to North America. Three taxa currently being tracked by the Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory (2012) were present: Echinocereus reichenbachii (S3G5), Haploesthes greggii (S1G4?), and Marsilea vestita (S1G5). Compared to floristic inventories of sites in the Cimarron Gypsum Hills that are less impacted by public visitation, but more intensively grazed, Alabaster Caverns State Park has a higher number of species as well as a higher proportion of introduced species.","PeriodicalId":32630,"journal":{"name":"Oklahoma Native Plant Record","volume":"113 1","pages":"43-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68758061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A COMPARISON OF THE COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF TWO OAK FORESTS IN MARSHALL AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES","authors":"Bruce A. Smith","doi":"10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100092","url":null,"abstract":"In October 2011, high school students from McLoud High School sampled an oak forest in Earlsboro, Pottawatomie County. In July, 2012, students in the Pre-collegiate Field Studies Camp at the University of Oklahoma Biological Station sampled the Marshall County forest at the Buncombe Creek camp ground, located approximately 100 miles south of the Earlsboro forest and 1 mile north of the University of Oklahoma Biological Station. One component of each botany course was to study the composition and structure of an oak forest. These 2 forests were chosen to compare because of their similarity in composition and physical distance apart. They found 10 hardwood species in the Marshall County forest and 9 in the Pottawatomie County forest, with 6 species common to both. Quercus stellata was most important in both forests and most frequent in the Pottawatomie forest where the total density was 0.141/m 2 . Quercus stellata and Ulmus alata were most frequent in the Marshall County forest where the total density was 0.107/m 2 .","PeriodicalId":32630,"journal":{"name":"Oklahoma Native Plant Record","volume":"12 1","pages":"63-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68758123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Critic's Choice Essay: Virtual Herbaria Come of Age","authors":"W. Elisens","doi":"10.22488/10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22488/10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100093","url":null,"abstract":"(First paragraph of article.) These are exciting times for natural history collections. An international effort is underway to make images and data of biological specimens available in electronic format via digitization. These initiatives are an effort to bring natural history collections out of the dark of museum and herbarium cabinets and into the light of public access for use by stakeholders in government, academia, biodiversity organizations, business, and K-12 education. The democratization of information contained in natural history collections through images and online databases is an important new development to better investigate our natural world and solve important social and environmental problems (Scoble 2010).","PeriodicalId":32630,"journal":{"name":"Oklahoma Native Plant Record","volume":"12 1","pages":"69-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68755184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Possible Mechanisms of the Exclusion of Johnson Grass by Tall Grass Prairies","authors":"Marilyn A. Semtner","doi":"10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100089","url":null,"abstract":"Historically, plant distribution typically has been studied with the purpose of learning why a species grows and survives where it does; but why a species does not survive in a particular habitat has rarely been studied, although it may be just as important. According to the US Department of Agriculture, Johnsongrass [ Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.; formerly Johnson grass] is listed as an agricultural pest in most states south of the 42 nd parallel. Control of Johnsongrass in agricultural fields involves various labor intensive cultural, mechanical, and chemical means. Release of a bio-control agent has not been suitable for intensively cropped areas. An agriculturally important weed and prominent member of early stage secondary succession, Johnsongrass is not present in later stages of prairie succession. Various environmental factors (biotic and abiotic) that might be involved in restricting Johnsongrass survival were examined in this research. In two sites in Oklahoma, soil conditions were found to be more favorable for survival and growth of Johnsongrass in undisturbed prairie than in the disturbed areas in which Johnsongrass was found vigorously growing. However, even when its rhizomes were introduced into mature prairie, Johnsongrass did not thrive. In laboratory and field trials, presence of the living dominant prairie grasses or leachate from living or dead leaf blades seemed to influence growth and survival of Johnsongrass rhizomes. The prairie grasses, little bluestem [ Schizachyrium scoparium (Michx.) Nash] and Indian grass [ Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash], seem to play a similar allelopathic role in restricting the growth of Johnsongrass to outside of the prairies. Looking at this past study might lead to new methods for the future. (Semtner 2012)","PeriodicalId":32630,"journal":{"name":"Oklahoma Native Plant Record","volume":"12 1","pages":"4-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68758032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effects of Removal of Juniperus virginiana L. Trees and Litter from a Central Oklahoma Grassland","authors":"J. Linneman, M. S. Allen, M. Palmer","doi":"10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100084","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100084","url":null,"abstract":"We studied species composition after Juniperus virginiana tree and litter removal in a central Oklahoma grassland. Tree removal had the most significant effect on stems per quadrat and vegetation cover. Litter removal effects were not as strong. However, stems per quadrat and vegetation cover in litter removal treatments were higher than in litter intact treatments. Species richness increased for all treatments in the first year post-treatment, after which species richness declined at every sampling period and in every treatment for the duration of the study. Absolute cover of typical prairie species increased in the cut with no litter treatment hereas cover of woody forest species increased in the no cut with no litter treatment. We suggest that even without prescribed fire, redcedar tree removal may result in a return of prairie vegetation. However, additional efforts besides tree removal may be required to restore some invaded grasslands.","PeriodicalId":32630,"journal":{"name":"Oklahoma Native Plant Record","volume":"11 1","pages":"43-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68758165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Schoenoplectus hallii, S. saximontanus, and the Putative S. hallii X S. saximontanus Hybrid: Observations from the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge and the Fort Sill Military Reservation 2002 - 2010","authors":"Marian Smith, P. Mckenzie","doi":"10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100082","url":null,"abstract":"Schoenoplectus hallii, S. saximontanus, and the putative S. hallii × S. saximontanus hybrid are obligate wetland sedges that occur in the sparsely vegetated margins of ponds, ditches or swales with fluctuating water levels. The species are amphicarpic and have easily identified differences between spikelet and basal achenes. We surveyed selected sites at the refuge in 2001, 2002, and 2007 – 2010, surveyed 4 sites on the Fort Sill Military Reservation in 2009 and 2010, and collected voucher specimens from all populations. Scanning Electron Microsope (SEM) photographs of spikelet and basal achenes indicate distinct morphological differences between species and the presence of “winged” ridges on S. saximontanus. Field observations indicated that populations at all sites vary in size and species distribution annually, and that both parental species appeared to be declining in number. We concluded that in populations where S. hallii and S. saximontanus co-occur, hybridization may be a threat to one or both parental species. The distribution of achenes by waterfowl and ungulates indicates that management to prevent establishment of mixed populations, and therefore hybridization, is not practical. We recommend that S. hallii be evaluated for federal listing under the Endangered Species Act, a range-wide assessment be completed for S. saximontanus, and that all sites with mixed populations should be examined for the presence of hybrids.","PeriodicalId":32630,"journal":{"name":"Oklahoma Native Plant Record","volume":"139 1","pages":"22-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68757706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Changing Forests of Central Oklahoma: A Look at the Composition of the Cross Timbers Prior to Euro-American Settlement, in the 1950's, and Today","authors":"Richard E. Thomas, B. Hoagland","doi":"10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22488/OKSTATE.17.100085","url":null,"abstract":"Prior to Euro-American settlement, the Cross Timbers of the Southern Plains marked the edge of “civilization,” beyond which lay a prairie ecosystem ruled primarily by Plains Indian tribes. War, trade, and pasture for cattle brought an increased Euro-American presence by the middle of the 19th century. In the early 1870s a large portion of what was to become the state of Oklahoma was surveyed by the General Land Office (GLO). Although these surveys were not conducted for ecological purposes, they have provided information on pre-settlement vegetation that has been invaluable for researchers seeking to reconstruct the historical landscape. Perhaps the most beneficial information for historical ecologists and biogeographers comes from data on bearing trees recorded by GLO surveyors, which have given present-day researchers a good idea of the species composition of Cross Timbers forests during this time. When compared to modern studies of the Cross Timbers, it documents a change in species composition over time, believed to be the result of fire suppression and perhaps the beginning of a wetter climate cycle. In central Oklahoma, this has meant a shift from forests dominated by Quercus marilandica and Quercus stellata (with the former being more abundant) to forests containing an equal abundance of these two species, and an increase in Carya texana, Juniperus virginiana, and other mesophytic and invasive woody species.","PeriodicalId":32630,"journal":{"name":"Oklahoma Native Plant Record","volume":"11 1","pages":"61-74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68757781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}