Journal of the Oklahoma Native Plant Society, Volume 2, Number 1, December 2002


Oklahom a N ative Plant Record 
Journal of the Oklahoma Native Plant Society 

Vol. 2 No. 1 December 2002  

ISSN 1536-7738 

Managing Editor, Sheila A. Strawn 
Technical Editor, Patricia Folley 

Technical Advisor, Bruce Hoagland 
CD-ROM Producer, Chadwick Cox

Website: http://www.usao.edu/~onps/ 

The purpose of the ONPS is to encourage the study, protection, propagation, 
appreciation and use of the native plants of Oklahoma. Membership in ONPS shall be 
open to any person who supports the aims of the Society. ONPS offers individual, 
student, family, and life membership.  

Officers and Board Members 

President: Patricia Folley 
Vice-president: Chadwick Cox Conservation Chair: open 
Secretary: Maurita Nations  Publicity Co-chairs: 
Treasurer: Mary Korthase Ruth Boyd & Betty Culpepper 
Board Members: Marketing Chair: Lawrence Magrath 

Berlin Heck Photo Contest: Paul Reimer 
Iris McPherson Ann Long Award Chair: Paul Reimer 
Sue Amstutz  Harriet Barclay Award Chair: 
James Elder Constance Taylor 
Paul Reimer ONPS Service Award Chair: Sue Amstutz 
Lawrence Magrath Newsletter Editor: Chadwick Cox 

Librarian: Bonnie Winchester 
Northeast Chapter Chair: James Elder  Website Manager: Chadwick Cox 
Central Chapter Chair: Judy Jordan 
Cross-timbers Chapter Chair: Ronald Tyrl Cover: Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket) 
Historian: Lynn Allen Photo by Paul Buck, April 25, 1981. Winner 

of the first ONPS Photo Contest in 1988. 

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Journal compilation (c) Oklahoma Native Plant Society
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2 Oklahoma Native Plant Record 
Volume 2, Number 1, December 2002 

Oklahoma Native Plant Record 
Volume 2, Number 1 

Table of Contents 

Forward ......................................................................................................  3 
Ms. Patricia Folley, ONPS President 

Vascular Plants of the Wichita Mountains ............................................  4 
Dr. Paul Buck 

Floristic List for Comanche County, Oklahoma ................................  22 
Dr. Bruce W. Hoagland 

Schoenoplectus hallii and S. saximontanus ...................................................  54 
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Survey 2000 

Dr. Lawrence K. Magrath 

Pontotoc Ridge Floristic Survey: 1999 .................................................  64 
Dr. Forrest L. Johnson 
Ms. Patricia Folley (ed.) 

ONPS Editorial .........................................................................................  82 
Water, Soil, and Plant Diversity in Oklahoma 

Dr. Sheila A. Strawn