Journal of the Oklahoma Native Plant Society, Volume 9, December 2009 1 Oklahoma Native Plant Record Journal of the Oklahoma Native Plant Society 2435 South Peoria Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114 Volume 9, December 2009 ISSN 1536-7738 Managing Editor: Sheila Strawn Technical Editor: Erin Miller Production Editor: Paula Shryock Electronic Production Editor: Chadwick Cox Technical Advisor: Bruce Hoagland Editorial Assistant: Patricia Folley 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. 2009 Officers and Board Members President: Lynn Michael Vice-President: Gloria Caddell Secretary: Paula Shryock Treasurer: Mary Korthase Membership Database: Tina Julich Past President: Kim Shannon Board Members: Monica Macklin Constance Murray Stanley Rice Bruce Smith Marilyn Stewart Ron Tyrl Central Chapter Chair: Jeannie Coley Cross-timbers Chapter Chair: Paul Richardson Mycology Chapter Chair: Sheila Strawn Northeast Chapter Chair: Sue Amstutz Gaillardia Editor: Chadwick Cox Harriet Barclay Award Chair: Rahmona Thompson Anne Long Award Chair: Patricia Folley ONPS Service Award Chair: Sue Amstutz Historian: Sharon McCain Librarian: Bonnie Winchester Website Manager: Chadwick Cox Photo Poster Curators: Sue Amstutz & Marilyn Stewart Color Oklahoma Chair: Tina Julich Conservation Chair: Chadwick Cox Mailings Chair: Karen Haworth Merchandise Chair: Susan Chambers Nominating Chair: Paula Shryock Photography Contest Chair: Tina Julich Publicity Chairs: Kim Shannon & Marilyn Stewart Wildflower Workshop Chair: Constance Murray Website: www.usao.edu/~onps/ Cover photo: Lobelia cardinalis L. Cardinal flower, courtesy of Marion Homier, taken at Horseshoe Bend in Beaver’s Bend State Park, September 2006. Articles (c) The AuthorsJournal compilation (c) Oklahoma Native Plant SocietyExcept 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.17.100065 2 Oklahoma Native Plant Record Volume 9 Table of Contents Foreword ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Vascular Plants of Southeastern Oklahoma from the Sans Bois to the Kiamichi Mountains, Ph.D. Thesis .............................................................................................. 4 Dr. F. Hobart Means Composition and Structure of Bottomland Forest Vegetation at the Tiak Research Natural Area, McCurtain County, Oklahoma ................................................ 38 Dr. Bruce W. Hoagland and Mr. Newell Alan McCarty Is Seedling Establishment Very Rare in the Oklahoma Seaside Alder, Alnus maritima ssp. oklahomensis? ................................................................................................. 59 Dr. Stanley A. Rice and Dr. J. Phil Gibson Whatever Happened to Cheilanthes horridula and Cheilanthes lindheimeri in Oklahoma? ................................................................................................................................ 64 Dr. Bruce A. Smith Critic’s Choice Essay: Invasive Plants Versus Oklahoma’s Biodiversity .................................... 70 Dr. Chadwick A. Cox Five Year Index to Oklahoma Native Plant Record .......................................... inside back cover