Journal of the Oklahoma Native PlantSociety, Volume 3, Number 1, December 2003


Oklahoma Native Plant Record
Journal of the Oklahoma Native Plant Society

2435 South Peoria
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114

Volume 3, Number 1, December 2003

ISSN 1536-7738

Managing Editor:  Sheila Strawn
Technical Editor:  Patricia Folley

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

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

The purpose of 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 memberships.

Officers and Board Members
President: James Elder
Vice-president:  Constance Murray
Secretaries:

Kimberly A. Shannon
Tina Julich

Treasurer: Mary Korthase
Past President: Patricia Folley
Board Members:

Paul Buck
Kay Gafford 
Melynda Hickman
Lawrence Magrath
Elfriede Miller
Paul Reimer

Northeast Chapter Chair: Constance Murray
Central Chapter Chair: Susan Chambers
Cross-timbers Chapter Chair:              

Suzanne McAllister
Mycology Chapter: Clark Ovrebo
Historian: Carla and Dale Chlouber
Ann Long Award Chair: Paul Buck
Harriet Barclay Award Chair:

Constance Taylor

ONPS Service Award Chair: Sue Amstutz
Conservation Chair: Chadwick Cox
Publicity Co-chairs:

Ruth Boyd
Betty Culpepper

Publications Co-chairs:
Sheila Strawn
Constance Taylor

Marketing Co-chairs: 
Lawrence Magrath
Susan Chambers

Photo Contest Co-chairs: 
Patricia and Chadwick Cox

Newsletter Editor: Chadwick Cox
Librarian: Bonnie Winchester
Website Manager: Chadwick Cox
Mailing Committee Chair: Karen Haworth
Color Oklahoma Committee Chair:

Constance Murray
Wildflower Workshop Chair: Larry Magrath
Cover: Phoradendron serotinum, Mistletoe in
flower, by Charles Lewallen.

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

Forward.........................................................................................3
Mr. James F. Elder, ONPS President

Black Mesa Flora Study…………………………………………4
Dr. James K. McPherson

Black Mesa State Park Flora Update……………………………19
Ms. Patricia A. Folley

Vascular Flora of the Keystone Wildlife Management Area……23
Dr. Bruce W. Hoagland and Ms. Amy K. Buthod

Floristic Survey of The Nature Conservancy’s Preserve
in Johnston County, Oklahoma …………….…..……….38

Ms. Kimberly A. Shannon

Historical Accounts of the Transformation of a Prairie Town….51
Mr. Todd D. Fagin and Ms. Melissa Scott Brown

Three Bird Orchid and Crane-fly Orchid in Oklahoma………….68
Dr. Lawrence K. Magrath

Take Time to Watch, Not Just Smell the Wildflowers…………..73
Dr. Gloria M. Caddell