Journal of the Oklahoma Native Plant Society, Volume 4, Number 1, December 2004 Oklahoma Native Plant Record Journal of the Oklahoma Native Plant Society 2435 South Peoria Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114 Volume 4 Number 1, December 2004 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. 2004 Officers and Board Members President: James Elder ONPS Service Award Chair: Sue Amstutz Vice-president: Constance Murray Conservation Chair: Chadwick Cox Secretaries: Publicity Chair: Kimberly A. Shannon Publications Co-chairs: Tina Julich Sheila Strawn Treasurer: Mary Korthase Constance Taylor Past President: Patricia Folley Marketing Co-chairs: Board Members: Lawrence Magrath Paul Buck Susan Chambers Kay Gafford Photo Contest Co-chairs: Melynda Hickman Patricia and Chadwick Cox Monica Macklin Newsletter Editor: Chadwick Cox Elfriede Miller Librarian: Bonnie Winchester Stanley Rice Website Manager: Chadwick Cox Northeast Chapter Chair: Constance Murray Mailing Committee Chair: Karen Haworth Central Chapter Chair: Sharon McCain Color Oklahoma Committee Chair: Cross-timbers Chapter Chair: Constance Murray Suzanne McAllister Wildflower Workshop Chair: Larry Magrath Mycology Chapter Chair: Clark Ovrebo Historians: Carla and Dale Chlouber Ann Long Award Chair: Patricia Folley Cover photo: Sorghastrum nutans, Indian Harriet Barclay Award Chair: grass, our state grass by Charles Lewallen Constance Taylor Articles (c) The Authors Journal compilation (c) Oklahoma Native Plant Society Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike4.0 International License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly attributed, not used for commercial purposes, and, if transformed, the resulting work is redistributed under the same or similar license to this one. https://doi.org/10.22488/okstate.17.100025 2 Oklahoma Native Plant Record Volume 4, Number 1, December 2004 Oklahoma Native Plant Record Volume 4, Number 1 Table of Contents Forward ...................................................................................................... 3 Mr. James F. Elder, ONPS President Ecological Factors Affecting the Distribution of Woody Vegetation Near the Arkansas River, Tulsa County with Special Reference to the Smoke-tree .............................................................................. 4 Masters Thesis of Dr. Anne Wanamaker Long Cotinus obovatus Raf. (Smoke-tree ) in Oklahoma ................................ 24 Dr. Bruce W. Hoagland Giant Cane and Southeastern Indian Baskets ..................................... 26 Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Survey 2000 Ms. Julia A. Jordan Vascular Flora of the Chouteau Wildlife Management Area Wagoner County, Oklahoma ......................................................... 30 Dr. Bruce W. Hoagland and Dr. Forrest L. Johnson (dec.) Status and Habitat Characteristics of Cypripedium kentuckiense (Kentucky lady’s slipper) in Southeastern Oklahoma ................ 40 Ms. Amy K. Buthod and Dr. Bruce W. Hoagland Common Lawn and Garden Fungi of Central Oklahoma ................ 48 Dr. Clark L. Ovrebo Critic’s Choice Essay: Support Your Local Herbarium ..................... 55 Dr. Wayne J. Elisens Editorial: Why Do Species’ Names Change? ...................................... 57 Ms. Patricia A. Folley