Journal of the Oklahoma Native Plant Society, Volume 6, Number 1, December 2006


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Oklahoma Native Plant Record
Journal of the Oklahoma Native Plant Society

2435 South Peoria
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114

Volume 6, Number 1, December 2006

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.

2006 Officers and Board Members

President: Constance Murray
Vice-president: Kim Shannon
Secretary: Lou Duke
Treasurer: Mary Korthase
Membership Database: Tina Julich
Past President: Jim Elder
Board Members:

Paul Buck
Kay Gafford
Melynda Hickman
Monica Macklin
Elfriede Miller
Stanley Rice

Central Chapter Chair: Marilyn Stewart
Cross-timbers Chapter Chair:

Paul Richardson
Mycology Chapter Chair: Clark Ovrebo
Northeast Chapter Chair: Sue Amstutz
Gaillardia Editor: Chadwick Cox
Harriet Barclay Award Chair:

Constance Taylor
Ann 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: Kim Shannon
Conservation Chair: Chadwick Cox
Field Trip Chair: Patricia Folley
Mailings Chair: Karen Haworth
Merchandise Chair: Susan Chambers
Nominating Chair: Paula Shryok
Photography Contest Chair: Tina Julich
Publications Chairs:

Paul Buck & Constance Taylor
Publicity Chairs:

Kim Shannon & Marilyn Stewart
Wildflower Workshop Chair:

Larry Magrath & Joanne Orr

Cover photo: Gymnosporagnium juniperi-
virginianae (Cedar-apple rust) on Juniperus
virginiana (Eastern red cedar) by L.B. Stabler

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

Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

The Lichens of North Central Oklahoma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Ph.D. Dissertation

Dr. Darvin W. Keck

Annotated Nomenclatural Update to Lichens of North Central Oklahoma. . . 51
Mr. Douglas M. Ladd

Vascular Flora of a Red Sandstone Hills Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Canadian County, Oklahoma

Dr. Bruce W. Hoagland and Ms. Amy K. Buthod

Vascular Flora of a Riparian Site on the Canadian River. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Cleveland County, Oklahoma

Ms. Lacy Burgess and Dr Bruce W. Hoagland

Critic’s Choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Cedar-apple Rust

Dr. L. Clark Ovrebo

Five-year Index to Oklahoma Native Plant Record. . . . . . . . . inside back cover