2019 Oklahoma Native Plant Record 1 Oklahoma Native Plant R ecord Journal of the Okla hom a Native Plant Society P. O. Box 14274 Tulsa, Oklahoma 74159-1274 Volume 19, December 2019 ISSN 1536-7738 http://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/ Editor: Gloria Caddell Production Editor: Paula Shryock Electronic Production Editor: Sandy Graue Manuscript Editor: Chad King Technical Advisor: Erica Corbett 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. Officers and Board Members President: Bill Farris Vice-President: Donna Horton Secretary: Connie Murray Treasurer: Mary Korthase Past President: Bruce Smith Directors at Large: Kathy Doss Jim Elder Ray Luth Joe Roberts Janet Thomas Rahmona Thompson Chapter Chairs: Central: Patrick Bell Cross Timbers: Elaine Lynch Northeast: Teresa Blue Mycology: Nancy Hamill Committee Chairs: Historian: Fran Stallings Publicity/Merchandise: Barbara Klein Betty Kemm Award: Sue Amstutz Awards: Constance Murray Membership Database: Sandy Graue Membership Database Ed.: Tina Julich Mailings/Printings: Sandy Graue Gaillardia Editor: Lynn Michael Color Oklahoma: Alicia Nelson Webmaster: Adam Ryburn Web Editors: Joe Roberts, Sandy Graue http://www.oknativeplants.org 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.20.100000 http://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/ http://www.oknativeplants.org/ https://webmail.suddenlink.net/do/redirect?url=https%253A%252F%252Fcreativecommons.org%252Flicenses%252F&hmac=c55f81a2d88a183f74295dc18f7bbb4a https://webmail.suddenlink.net/do/redirect?url=https%253A%252F%252Fdoi.org%252F10.22488%252Fokstate.19.100000&hmac=a73ec5e971d5bca0ed3e9607a4f15f73 2 Oklahoma Native Plant Record Volume 19, December 2019 Oklahoma Native Plant Record Volum e 19 Table of Contents Foreword .................................................................................................................................................... 3 Historical Land Cover Along the Deep Fork River: An Analysis of Vegetation Composition and Distribution of the Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, Circa 1897 ........................................................................................... 4 Bruce Hoagland, Rick Thomas, and Daryn Hardwick A Floristic Inventory of the John W. Nichols Scout Ranch, Canadian County, Oklahoma ................................................................................................................................................. 17 Abby Crosswhite and Adam K. Ryburn A Walk Through the McLoud High School Oak-Hickory Forest with a Checklist of the Woody Plants. ............................................................................................................ 30 Bruce A. Smith Sexual Reproduction of Kudzu (Pueraria montana [Lour.] Merr.) in Oklahoma ............................. 52 Eric B. Duell and Karen R. Hickman Critic’s Choice Essay: Seeking a Special Plant ......................................................................................... 58 Paul Buck† Editorial Policies and Procedures ......................................................................................................... 60 Five Year Index to Oklahoma Native Plant Record ............................................... inside back cover † Indicates an author who is deceased Cover photo: Dalea purpurea Vent. (purple prairie clover) by John Cleal for the 2008 ONPS Photo Contest