Oklahoma Native Plant Record, Volume 11, Number 1, December 2011


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

2435 South Peoria 
Tulsa, Okla homa 74114 

Volume 11, December 2011 

ISSN 1536-7738 
http://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/ 

Managing Editor: Sheila Strawn  
Production Editor: Paula Shryock 

Electronic Production Editor: Sandy Graue  
Technical Advisor: Bruce Hoagland 

Editorial Assistants: Patricia Folley, Kristi Rice 

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

2011 Officers and Board Members 

President: Lynn Michael 
Vice-President: Marilyn Stewart 
Secretary: Sandy Graue  
Treasurer: Mary Korthase  
Membership Coordinator: Tina Julich 
Historian: Sharon McCain 
Past President: Kim Shannon 
Board Members: 

Clare Miller 
Buddy Miller 
Marilyn Stewart 
Ron Tyrl 
Brooke Bonner 
Janette Steets 

Central Chapter Chair: Joe Roberts 
Cross-Timbers Chapter Chair:  

Ron Tyrl 
Mycology Chapter Chair: Steve Marek  
Northeast Chapter Chair: Alicia Nelson 
Color Oklahoma Chair: Tina Julich 
Conservation Chair: Chadwick Cox  

Gaillardia Editor: Chadwick Cox 
Website Manager: Chadwick Cox 
http://projects.usao.edu/~onps/index.html 
Harriet Barclay Award Chair: 

Rahmona Thompson 
Anne Long Award Chair: Gloria Caddell 
ONPS Service Award Chair: Sue Amstutz 
Photo Poster Curators: 

Sue Amstutz & Marilyn Stewart 
Photography Contest Chair: Kim Shannon 
Nominations Chair: Sheila Strawn 
Librarian: Karen Haworth  
Mailings Chair: Karen Haworth 
Publicity Chairs: 

Kim Shannon & Marilyn Stewart 
Wildflower Workshop Chair:  

Lynn Michael 
Cover photo by Carolyn Lilly 

“Fritillary and Thistle”, 1st place 
Photo Contest Winner, Special 
Category: Flora and Fauna, 2011.

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Journal compilation (c) Oklahoma Native Plant Society
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 Oklahoma Native Plant Record 
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Oklahoma Native Plant Record 
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Table of Contents 

Foreword  .................................................................................................................................................  3 

Survey of the Vascular Flora of the Boehler Seeps and 
Sandhills Preserve, Ph.D. dissertation  ...................................................................................  4 
Dr. Linda Gatti Clark 

Schoenoplectus hallii, S. saximontanus, and the Putative S. hallii ×S. saximontanus 
Hybrid: Observations from the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge  
and the Fort Sill Military Reservation 2002 – 2010  ..........................................................  22 
Dr. Marian Smith and Dr. Paul M. McKenzie 

Spatial Genetic Structure of the Tallgrass Prairie Grass Dichanthelium 
oligosanthes (Scribner’s panicum)  ...........................................................................................  33 
Ms. Molly J. Parkhurst, Dr. Andrew Doust, Dr. Margarita Mauro-Herrera, 
Dr. Janette A. Steets, and Dr. Jeffrey M. Byrnes 

The Effects of Removal of Juniperus virginiana L. Trees and Litter from a 
Central Oklahoma Grassland  ..............................................................................................  43 
Mr. Jerad S. Linneman, Dr. Matthew S. Allen, and Dr. Michael W. Palmer 

The Changing Forests of Central Oklahoma: A Look at the Composition 
of the Cross Timbers Prior to Euro-American Settlement, 
in the 1950s, and Today  .......................................................................................................  61 
Dr. Richard E. Thomas and Dr. Bruce W. Hoagland 

Critic’s Choice Essay:  Some Thoughts on Oklahoma Plants and Summer 2011’s 
Exceptional Drought  ............................................................................................................  75 
Leslie E. Cole, D.V.M. 

Editorial Policies and Procedures  .....................................................................................................  77 

Five Year Index to Oklahoma Native Plant Record  ...........................................  inside back cover


	Oklahoma Native Plant Record, Journal of the Oklahoma Native Plant Society, Volume 11, December 2011
	Title Page
	Table of Contents
	Foreword