Virtual Archives -- 2000 - 2009

Each On the Fringe publication contains well written and informative articles on plants, ecology, plant science, nature, and so much more. As you read through the pages of earlier publications, the evolving history of the Native Plant Society of NEO comes alive as do the contributions over the years of many dedicated men and women who possessed ageless curiosity and shared care and concern for native plants and good stewardship of our natural world. Their individual actions and collective efforts made a difference.
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Original publications of On the Fringe are archived at The Cleveland Musuem of Natural History. These historical documents are currently under the care of the museum's librarian Wendy Wasman and are available for viewing in the museum's Harold T. Clark Library.


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Articles
Modern Day Remnants of Plymouth Swamp,Tom Sampliner
Book Review by Tom Sampliner
Wildflowers of the Appalachian Trail, Leonard M. Adkins
Articles
Ted Scott, The Power of One in the Understanding and Protection
of Our Native Flora
, Jean Roche
Enemy of the Forest: Asian Longhorn Beetle Attacks Trees
The Genus Veronica (Scrophulariaceae) With Emphasis on
Its Occurrence in Cuyahoga County
, Dr. George J. Wilder
Articles
Lakeside Daisy in Ohio, Jennifer L. Windus
Conkle's Hollow A Bit of Ohio's Winter Beauty, Paul Knoop
About the Division of Natural Areas & Preserves,
Heidi Hetzel-Evans
Basic Reproductive Biology of Flowering Plants, Dr. Rebecca Dolan
Invasive Plants of Ohio, Fact Sheet 3: Garlic Mustard
What is a Native Plant?, Larry Morse
What's So Special about Wetland Plants?
Ohio Natural Area and Preserves:
Little Beaver Creek Sheepskin Hollow
, Emliss Ricks
Taking a Closer Look, Guy L Denny
Wildflowers in the Spotlight: The Dastardly Dandelion,
Betty Langston-Macon
Are There Carnivorous Plants Around Us?, Peter Lesica
Think of plant communities, not plant collections, Michael Sawyer
Book Review by Ted Scott
The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and
Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada
,
William Cullina
Articles
Building a Sphagnum Bog Garden, Roberta and Fred Case
Black Carp and Sick Cows, Donald Kennedy
Anatomy of a Seed, Dr. Rebecca Dolan
Singer Lake, Jim Bissell
The Cup Half Full, Brian J. Armitage, Ph.D.
Invasive Plants of Ohio, Fact Sheet 1: Amur, Morrow &
Tatarian Honeysuckle
Ohio Wetlands: The Peatlands - Part 1, Barbara Andreas, Ph.D.
The Teays River, Michael C. Hansen
Man, Look at that Doll's Eyes, Barry Glick
Book Review by Michael Homoya
The Illustrated Companion to Gleason and Cronquist's Manual
Articles
Mix or Match? The Right Seed for the Right Bird
Cleveland Museum of Natural History's Natural Areas Program,
Jim Bissell
Deciduous Evergreens: Your tree may just look dead!,
Doug Dudgeon
Mallows, Perry Peskin
Garlic Mustard Control, Rich Dunbar
Invasive Plants of Ohio: Narrow-leaved and Hybrid Cattail
Other Flower-Related Terms, Becky Dolan
Tallgrass Prairie, Gordon Mitchell
Adam & Eve Go Wild, or The First Native American Crazy Glue,
Barry Glick
Book Review by James S. Pringle
A Guide to Wildflowers in Winter:
Herbaceous Plants of Northeastern North America
, Carole Levine
Articles
My Favorite Prairie Recipe, Guy L. Denny
All Mixed Up: Prairie Seed Mixes, Michael P. Anderson
Miller Nature Sanctuary
Invasive Plants of Ohio, Autumn-Olive and Russian-Olive
Rating Natural Areas: The Floristic Quality Assessment Index
Plant Reproduction, Dr. Rebecca Dolan
Sugar Maple: Most American of Northern Hardwoods,
Robert T. Leverett
American Holly, George Washington, and 'Beautiful Ohio',
Tom Cooperrider
Shawnee State Forest: Ohio's Little Smokies, Jim McCormac
Where can one buy native plants?
Blue Trillium, Ernest Kerr
Finding Rare Seed, Carol Deppe
Landscaping With Natives, Ericaceous Hoosiers, Barbara Wilde
Walking Gingerly Through The Woods, Barry Glick
Carex Plantaginea, Barry Glick
Domatia: A Room of One's Own, Scott Zona
Articles
The Knotted Dodder and Other Curiosities, Perry Peskin
Focus on Native Forages: Cup Plant, Rebecca Zych,
Anna Bennett, and Paul Hammond
The Oak Openings of Northwest Ohio, Part 1 of 4,
Robert Jacksy, Jr.
Conservation Biolgy Studies of Royal Catchfly,
Rebeca W. Dolan, Ph.D.
Conkles Hollow State Nature Preserve
Innovative Erosion Control in Kalamazoo
Invasive Plants of Ohio: Multiflora Rose
Botany 101 - Leaf Characteristics, Dr. Rebecca Dolan
Some Prairie Legumes
Goldthread, Janice Stiefel
Invasive Natives, Charles Smith
Gardener's Introduction to Native Grasses
of Eastern North America
,
The Education Committee of the North American Native
Plant Society
Wild Bergamot 2001 Wildflower of the Year, Mary Carol Cooper
Book Review by Art Hopkins
Tinkering With Eden: A Natural History of Exotics in America,
Kim Todd
Articles
Woodland Wildflowers: Easy Propagation of Fall-maturing Seeds,
Jane Rogers
Gray's Sedge, Barry Glick
That's Just Ducky!, Friends of Wetlands Newsletter, Nov. 2001
The Oak Openings of Northwest Ohio, Part 2 of 4: Savanna Spring,
Linda Munger
A Good Steward, Ruth Ann Ingraham
Invasive Plants of Ohio: Common and Cut-leaved Teasel
Goldenrods -- With Emphasis On Species
of Cuyahoga County, Ohio
, Dr. George J. Wilder
Umbel Pie: How One Family of Plants Excels
at Luring Beneficial Insects to the Garden
, Niall Dunne
Botany 101: Twig Characteristics, Rebecca Dolan
Encounters With Origin, David B. Williams
Prairie Road Fen, Tim Snyder
Composites of the Prairies, Barry Glick
Articles
A Dry Oak Forest or A Walk on the "Wilder" Side, Tom Sampliner
The Oak Openings of Northwest Ohio Part 3 of 4:
A Tale of Two Puccoons
, Kathryn M. Nelson
Botany 101: Internal Anatomy of Plants, Dr. Rebecca Dolan
and Dr. Katherine Schmid
More Than Just Bare Branches, Judy Bradt-Barnhart
Caesar Creek Gorge State Nature Preserve
The Role of Anthocyanin in Winter, J. Dan Pittillo
with inquiry responses by Howard S. Neufeld
Save That Tree for Wildlife, Lori Totman
Invasive Plants of Ohio: Canada Thistle
One of World's Rarest Plants Discovered in Indiana:
Short's Goldenrod Turns Up During Inventory
, Michael A. Homoya
Witch-Hazel: 2002 Virginia Wildflower of the Year
Glacial Deposits of Ohio
Learning About Lichens, Willem Meyer
Book Review
Field Guide to Indiana Wildflowers, K. Yatskievych
Book Review by Perry Peskin
A Walk through Lucy Braun's Prairie
Articles
A Lily of Many Aliases, Stanwyn G. Shelter
Demystifying the Mosses, Jean Roche
Woodland Wildflowers, Easy Propagation of Spring-maturing
Seeds
, Jane Rogers
Deer-Resistant Spring-Flowering Bulbs
Internal anatomy of Plants - Growth in Girth,
Dr. Rebecca Dolan and Dr. Katherine Schmid
The Great Black Swamp
An Untamed Delicacy, Joni Blackburn
Invasive Plants of Ohio, Common Reed Grass
Lakeside Daisy, Colleen "Casey" Taylor/Ruth E. Fiscus
Nature Preserve
American Ginseng, Janice Stiefel
The Oak Openings of Northwest Ohio: Part 4 of 4
Lou Campbell Prairie of Oak Openings Preserve
, Kim High
Guidelines for Rescuing Wildflowers
Oxbow Lagoon: Its Plants, Invertebrates, Habitat Quality and
Habitat Values
, Paul Grubach
Skunk Cabbage ranks at the top of nature's curiosities,
Elwood Fisher
Cut Leaf Toothwort, Barry Glick
Is Wildflower Gardening Subversive, James Hodgins
Book Review by Loren Russell
Alpine Plants of North America, Graham Nicholls
Articles
Two Weeks and 38 Orchids in Western Newfoundland,
Paul Martin Brown
Big Darby Creek, Ohio, Back Home Again,
Ann Zwinger (Annual Dinner speaker)
Origin of the Prairie, Guy L. Denny
Botany 101 Internal Anoatomy of Plants: Roots,
Dr. Rebecca Dolan and Dr. Katherine Schmid
Invasive Plants of Ohio: White and Yellow Sweet-clover
Jennings Woods: A Natural Study Area, Jason Hopkins
Reprise, Ohio Gets a State Flower, Tom Cooperrider
Book Reviews
Deciduous Forests of Eastern North America, E. Lucy Braun, Ph.D.
Ohio's Foremost Woman Botanist, Ronald L. Stuckey
Native Orchids of Nova Scotia: A Field Guide, Carl Munden
The Wild Orchids of North America, North of Mexico,
Paul Martin Brown
Articles
Land Above the Trees: The American Alpine Tundra
Jennings Woods Field Trip
Rare Plants On Ohio's Wildlife Areas, Jennifer L. Windus
Cattail: A Multi-Purpose Plant, Gordon Mitchell
Botany 101: Gymnosperms, Dr. Rebecca Dolan
The Best Plant Finds of 2002, Jim McCormac
Native Trees for Gardeners in the Great Lakes Watershed
Purple Loosestrife: For Vermont,
Biocontrol is Best Control Available
Miscanthus sinensis, Marilyn Ortt
Appalachian Chestnut Forests Are Memories Lost,
Michael Andrew Sawyer
Invasive Plants of Ohio: Japanese Knotweed
Rockbridge State Nature Preserve
Toronto votes against pesticide use
Rare plants on Presque Isle
Articles
A Very Special Place, Jean Roche
D-Day on the Beaches of Ashtabula, Jean Roche
Mulch "Volcanoes" Endanger Trees and Shrubs
The Oldest Native Forest of Ohio, U.S.A.,
Shya Chitaley, Ph.D.
The Grape Ferns, Barbara Plampin
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid, James F. Stimmel
American Chestnut As an Allelopath
In the Southern Appalachians,
D.B. Vandermast, David H. Nan Lear, and B.D. Clinton
On The Road To Nowhere: A New Color Form
For Small Roundleaf Orchid
, Tom Sampliner
Hach-Otis Sanctuary State Nature Preserve, Emliss Ricks, Jr.
Apples in Ohio, David Vermilion
Winter Botanizing in Maryland, Meghan D. Tice
Botany 101: Name That Conifer, Rebecca Dolan
Wintergreen Orchids: Summer Flowers and Winter Leaves,
Carolyn Davis
Sudden Oak Death, Faith Thompson Campbell
Invasive Plants of Ohio: Reed Canary Grass
Meditations on Musclewood, Catherine Siddall
How to Make Dried Plant Specimens,
Kay Yatskievych and Rebecca Dolan
Book Review by Nancy Cleaver
Great Natural Habitat Plants, Ken Druse
Book Review
Follow the Blue Blazes: A Guide to Hiking Ohio's Buckeye Trail,
Robert J. Pond
Articles
Propagating Wild Ginger, Jane Rogers
INVASIVE PLANTS OF OHIO: Tree-of-Heaven Ailanthus altissima
The Mysteries of Mosses, Part I, Barbara Andreas
Look Again: Hepatica, Dick Smith
Great Blue Lobelia: 2002 Wildflower of the Year,
Mary Carol Cooper
Botany 101: Reproduction in Gymnosperms, Dr Rebecca Dolan
Fakahatchee, Tom Sampliner
The Mysteries of Mosses, Part I, Barbara Andreas
Making the World More Beautiful, Alan Ginsburg
Tulip Tree and Franklinia, Art Hopkins
The Fiddlehead Dilemma, George Ellison
Black Cohosh, Barry Glick
Book Reviews
The Origins of Fruit & Vegetables, Jonathan Roberts
Lichens of North America, Irwin Brodo, Stephen Shamoff,
and Sylvia Duran Shamoff
Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden,
Diane Ackerman
The Landscaping Revolution: Garden with Mother Nature,
Not Against Her
, Andy Wasowski with Sally Wasowski
Articles
Ohio’s Fairest and Rarest Plants: Part I, Perry Peskin
Botany 101: Plant Hormones, Dr. Rebecca Dolan
Shooting Stars, Barry Glick
Eastern Hemlock: A Northern Remnant, Gordon Mitchell
Landscaping for Wildlife, Greg Oskay
Bigelow Cemetery State Nature Preserve: The Prairie
Top Ten Native Hummingbird Plants
Barberry (Without the Pirates) in Ohio, Tom Sampliner
Native Shrubs for Wildlife: Great Lakes Bioregion, Tom Atkinson
Nettles: Lean, Green, and Mean, Evert Broderick
Meadow-in-a-Can or More Weeds?, Sandra Hines
Sweetspire Itea virginica, Catherine Siddall
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
Articles
Kent Bog State Nature Preserve, Tom Cooperrider
BECK FEN BECKONS, Tom Sampliner
Botany 101: Plant Hormones II, Rebecca Dolan
The Mysteries of Mosses, Part II, Barbara Andreas
Ohio’s Fairest and Rarest Plants, Part II, Perry Peskin
Overlooked Look-Alikes, David Dister
Indiana Ferns and Their Haunts, Part I, Michael Homoya
Gardening for the 21st Century, Janet Marinelli
Articles
2004 Endowment Grant
A Day With Mushrooms and Wild Horses, Jean Roche
Field Trip Ethics
Plant Detectives: Rattlers Don't Rattle They Whirr-rr!,
Barbara Plampin
What Is A Wildflower?
The Problem: North American Native Plants
That Invade Slovakia and Central Europe
,
Daniela Michalkova
American Beech: A Climactic Forest Tree, Gordon Mitchell
Botany 101: More on Plant Hormones III, Rebecca Dolan
Grass Pink Orchids: The Calopogons, Tom Sampliner
Siegenthaler Esker State Nature Preserve
Indiana Ferns II: Ferns of the Forest, Michael Homoya
Easy-to-grow Native Grasses
Nomenclatural Etiquette, Robert J. Bartolotta
Millenium Seed Bank, Michael Sawyer
Why We Cannot Ignore Invasive Plants, Elizabeth Czarapata
Elder: Common Shrub Has Uncommon Number of Uses,
Vickie Shufer
Book Review by Carolyn Harstead
Weeds in My Garden:
Observations on Some Misunderstood Plants
, Charles B. Heiser
Articles
The Terebinths of Texas, Part 1, Perry Peskin
Cleveland Museum of Natural History Herbarium,
Diane Police
Web Sites of Interest
Woodland Wildflowers in the Winter, Jane Rogers
Spring Beauty: Weed or Wildflower, Charles Heiser
That Invade Slovakia and Central Europe, Daniela Michalkova
Botany 101: Phototropism, Geotropism, and Nasties,
Rebecca Dolan
Kitty Todd Nature Preserve, Gary Haase
Marsh Marigold: An American Cowslip, Gordon Mitchell
Pest Plants on the Web
Indiana Ferns and Their Haunts: Part III,
Ferns of Rock Habitats (Part III)
, Michael Homoya
Germinating Seeds, Jane Murphy
The New Suburbanites, Kathrin Day Lassila
Book Reviews by Lorraine Johnson
Wily Violets and Underground Orchids.
Revelations of a Botanist
,Peter Bernhardt
Ferns for American Gardens, John T. Mickel
Articles
The Terebinths of Texas, Part 2, Perry Peskin
Kudzu May Have a Medicinal Use
Best Plant Finds of 2004,
Rick Gardner, Natural Heritage Botanist, DNAP
Chelone: The Turtleheads, Gene Bush
Indiana Ferns, Part IV: Ferns of Wetlands, Michael Homoya
CMNH Herbarium: January field trip report continued,
Diane Police
Are today’s paper-based dichotomous keys a dying breed?,
T.M.Jones
Sidewalk Garden at the Cleveland Zoo,
Jean Loria & Pebbles Bush
Rain Gardens: Let the plants do the cleaning, Lisa Billow
Erie Sand Barrens SNP
Multiflora Rose: The Tenacious Invasive, Marilyn Ortt
Oswego Tea: A Non-Prairie Monarda, Gordon Mitchell
The Dripping Ledges Along the Vermilion: Local Rainforest,
Tom Sampliner
Pollen-Free sunflowers, Charles B. Heiser
Web-Based Resources for Ohio Botany
Articles
All the Pretty Flowers, Emily Green
Out in the Field, Judy Barnhart
All the pretty flowers, Emily Green
Botany 101-19: Common Plant Families in Indiana,
Composite Family
, Dr. Rebecca Dolan
―Open Sesame‖: Gentians & Bumblebees, George Ellison
Killing Them Not So Softly: Controlling lnvasive Species,
Ellen Jacquart
Meadow Grows in the Suburbs, Deanne Eversmeyer
The Curious Case of the Disappearing Asters, Alan Weakley
Prairie restoration: The Loess Prairie, David Zahrt
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
William C. McCoy Honored
Northern Pitcher Plant, Gordon Mitchell
Cuyahoga Valley National Park – Invasive Plant Removal
New England Aster (Aster novae-angliae), Tom Swinford
Book Review by Jane Dorn
Requiem For a Lawnmower:
Gardening In a Warmer, Drier World, 2nd ed.
,
Sally Wasowski & Andy Wasowski, 2004
Articles
Elizabeth Martin -- 1909-2005, Ann Malmquist
Naming of Cooperrider Herbarium, Kent State University
Presidents Corner, Judy Barnhart
The Mistletoes, David Taylor
Giant Hogweed, Heracleum mantegazzianum
Beetles Making Progress Against Purple Loosestrife,
Rich Dunbar
Fragrant Sumac, Catherine Siddall
Weeds Gone Wild Weeds Gone Wild:
Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas
Into the Wild: Reintroducing Native Plants –
Solution or problem?
, Rick Enser
Aliens in Their Native Land, Stanwyn G. Shetler
Botany 101-20: Common Plant Families, Bean Family,
Dr. Rebecca Dolan
Tinker's Creek State Nature Preserve, Emliss Ricks
New York Monkshood: A Rare Aconitum, Gordon Mitchell
Who Is Mrs. William Starr Dana?, Mary Finger
What Is a Naturalized Plant?
Easy-to-Grow Native Ferns Eastern North America,
Richard Woolger
Apples in Ohio, David Vermilion,
Historian, Dawes Arboretum
Book Review
Guide to Gardening with Native Plants Returns to Print:
Field and Forest:
A Guide to Native Landscapes for Gardeners and Naturalists
,
Scott, Jane.
Articles
The Herricks Endow Chair at Kent State University,
Barbara Andreas
The Magnolias of Ohio, Guy Denny
Native Plants: Vital to the Web of Life,
Kathryn Hanratty
Manitoulin’s Sand Dune Beaches, Vida Bain
Botany 101-21:
Common Plant Families in Indiana, Ranunculaceae
= Buttercup Family
, Dr. Rebecca Dolan
Rain Gardens – GeaugaSWCD
Kyle Woods State Nature Preserve, Emliss Ricks
Mayapple: An American Mandrake, Gordon Mitchell
The First 250 Years of Natural History in North America,
George Beatty
Garlic Mustard, Donald Musselman
Butternut Juglans cinerea, Keri Pidgen
Web-Based Resources For Ohio Flora ODNR, DNAP,
revised March 2005
Travelin' Plants:
What Makes Some Plants Better Movers than Others
,
Katherine Gould
Raising Native Understory Shrubs from Seed, Bill Cullina
The Great Lakes Restoration Plan, Kathryn Hanratty
Tall Larkspur, Delphinium exaltatum, Gene Bush
Articles
The Natural Landscape Movement
A Land Ethic, Charles Smith
Marion Jackson's Favorite Native Trees:
Butternut, Juglans cinerea L.
, Marion Jackson
Rare Plants on Presque Isle
The First 250 Years of Natural History
in North America, Part 2
, George Beatty
Erie Sand Barrens State Nature Preserve
Wipe Your Feet!,
Ellen Jacquart, Indiana Chapter The Nature Conservancy
Botany 101-22: Common Plant Families,
Poaceae = Grass Family = Gramineae
, Dr. Rebecca Dolan
Mosses, Joan Crowe
Roots of the Prairies, Gordon Mitchell
Understanding Seed Dormancy, Barbars Hallett
Doubles in the Wild, Anna Leggatt
Aquatic Nuisance Plants
Memo from Minnesota: Battle of the Buckthorn, Carolyn Harstad
Articles
Annual Dinner Speaker, Kaiulani Lee
Eastern American Trilliums Part 1 of 4, Fredrick W. Case Jr.
Interesting Tree Facts
Ants and Wildflowers; Who Would Have Thought!, Tom Stanley
Botany 101-23: Common Indiana Plant Families,
Liliaceae = Lily Family
, Rebecca Dolan
Smith Cemetery State Nature Preserve, Guy Denny
Botanical Excursions: John Lyon (1765 – 1814),
Scottish Explorer, Plant Collector, & Nurseryman
, George Ellison
Selected References for Ohio Flora
Grass of Parnassu, Gordon Mitchell
Silphium in Ohio, Jennifer Clevinger
Native Trees Around the House: When it Comes to Native Trees,
the Best Things in Life are Free,
But Flexibility and Patience are Required
, Bobbie Diehl
Wild Yams, Dioscorea villosa, Tom Atkinson
The Joe-Pye Weeds,
Mary Carol Cooper, Salato Wildlife Education Center
Articles
USDA Expands Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine
Eastern American Trilliums: Part 2 of 4,
(Part 1 appeared in On The Fringe, September 2006)
,
Fredrick W. Case Jr.
Weed Alert: Lesser Celandine,
Issued by the Louisville Olmsted Parks Conservancy Herbarium
Witch Hazel Hamamelis virginiana L., Marion Jackson
The Seasons at Kent Bog SNP, Tom Cooperrider
Lichen Symbiosis: Is the Fungus Just a Parasite?, George Ellison
Botany 101, Lesson 24: Mustard Family = Brassicaceae = Cruciferae,
Rebecca Dolan, Ph.D., Friesner Herbarium, Butler University
Boulevard Beauty:
Native wildflowers turn a suburban drainage ditch
into a verdant oasis
, Douglas Counter
Tamarack: A Deciduous Conifer, Gordon Mitchell
Hay-Scented Fern: "Can't Miss" Clue to Crisis,
Reprinted from Notes of the Pennsylvania Native Plant Society,
Oct. – Dec. 2006
Monongahela National Forest: Dolly Sods Wilderness,
US Forestry Service
Dolly Sods In the Rain and Fog, Bill Grafton
Liverworts, Joan Crowe
Articles
BOTANY 101 Lesson 25: Mint Family = Lamiaceae = Labiatae,
Rebecca Dolan, Ph.D. Friesner Herbarium, Butler University
Eastern American Trilliums, Part 3 of 4, Frederick W. Case, Jr.
Jane Louise Forsyth, 1921-2006
Kelleys Island State Nature Preserve
The Needs of Seeds: Sowing, Natalie Helferty
Favorites from Seed, Jim French
Viola in the West Virginia Mountains, Barry Glick
Tilia sp. L., Linden or Basswood, Richard Ware
The Tree of Many Names, Robert Tener
Dolly Sods in the Rain and Fog, Part 2, Bill Grafton
Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis):
2005 Virginia Wildflower of the Year
Bloodroot reproduction plan:
Hurry up and wait, and then hedge your bets
,W. John Hayden
Some Medical Notes on Bloodroot, John Churchill
Fringed Polygala, Gordon Mitchell
Book Review by Paul Martin Brown
Search for Lost Habitats:
30 Years of Exploring for Rare and Endangered Plants
,
Perry Peskin
Articles
Eastern American Trilliums, Part 4 of 4,
Frederick W. Case, Jr.
GE’s Adams County Facility Protects Native Plants,
Rick Gardner
Loss at Headlands Beach is Sheldon Marsh Gain,
Steve Harvey, North District Preserve Manager, ODNR
BOTANY 101 - Lesson 26: Rosaceae = Rose Family,
Rebecca Dolan, Ph.D., Friesner Herbarium, Butler University
Invasive Species: Lesser Celandine,
Global Invasive Species Database
Sun Dew and Sun Don’t, Tom Sampliner
Those Cultivars Gardeners Can’t Live Without,
Nancy Hill
Eastern White Pine: A Majestic Pine, Gordon Mitchell
Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
Poke Milkweed (Asclepias exaltata), Barry Glick
Shrubs, Richard Bitner
Federal Grant Protects Rare Southeast Ohio Orchid
After-effects of Amur Honeysuckle Removal
Book Review
Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants
Articles
From Dried Plants to Paper, Vondie O’Conner
When Is a Lake Not a Lake?: Most of Ohio's favorite lakes
are not natural-born bodies of water
, Laura Jones, ODNR
Global Invasive Species Database
The Herrick Magnolia Gardens, Tom Cooperrider
Ohio’s Sphagnum Peat Bogs:
Showcasing Members of the Heath Family
, Guy Denny
Northeast Lakeshore Ohio State Nature Preserves
SCENIC RIVERS
Quillwort Update: First of all, what are quillworts?,
Rebecca D. Bray
Quillwort Dispersal: Which way is the wind blowing?,
D.F. Brunton
BOTANY 101, Lesson 27:
Scrophulariaceae = Snapdragon Family = Foxglove Family
,
Rebecca Dolan
Bog Rosemary, Gordon Mitchell
Parasitic Plants of Kentucky, Ron Jones
Guidelines for Obtaining and Using Native Plants
Some Sources for Native Plants (with great Fall Sales)
Book Review by Michael Homoya
The Plant Life of Kentucky, Ronald L. Jones
Articles
What’s in a Name?: A Primer of Plant Taxonomy,
Elizabeth Peters, Director of Publications
at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Global Invasive Species Initiative
The Sun-Gold Tree: The Eastern Larch, Robert L. Tener
Botany 101: Apiaceae = Umbelliferae = Carrot Family,
Rebecca Dolan, Ph.D., Friesner Herbarium, Butler University
Buckeye Fever!, Greg Payton,
Dawes Arboretum Plant Records Specialist
Ohio Prairie Association Web Site,
The Bladdernut, Tom Sampliner
On the Road: Focus on Eastern Ontario, Lorraine Johnson
Wetlands that Boggle the Mind, FOWL Newsletter reprint
Desonier State Nature Preserve, Heidi Hetzel-Evans
Making a Prairie Garden, ODNR
Along the Road to Recovery: Habitat factors are the key to survival,
Center for Plant Conservation
Fire & Regeneration, Helen Roback
Fireweed: A New Beginning, Gordon Mitchell
Trailing Arbutus: T.A. in Trouble,
Barbara E. Plampin, PhD, Shirley Heinze Land Trust
Possible Adaptive Value of Red Leaves, Larry Mellichamp
Growing Your Own Spotted Geraniums, Geranium maculatum,
Gene E. Bush, Munchkin Nursery
Native Plant Ground Covers, Carol Harstad
Book Note
Bringing Nature Home, Douglas Tallamy
Book Review
Forests in Peril, Hazel R. Delcourt
Articles
The Great Oak, Robert L. Tener
Violets/Violaceae
Recovering Ohio’s Native Treasures, Jo Meyercord
The Happy Herbivore: Fairy Spuds, Scott D. Appell
The Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA)
Geauga Park District Burton Wetlands Nature Preserve
Running Before Ice:
World Distribution of Temperate Hardwood Forest Species
,
Marion T. Jackson, Professor Emeritus of Ecology,
Indiana State University
Botanizing 101: Cracking the Nutt. of Plant Name Authorities,
Rebecca Dolan
Plan Now For Your Spring Planting
Native Plant Activists: From the web site of Biological Diversity
Blue Camas, Camassia quamash, Joe Arnett
Spring Ephemerals: Strategies Reconsidered, George Ellison
Bio Blitz 2008
Bloodroot: A Red Puccoon, Gordon Mitchell
Pepper and Salt, Erigenia bulbosa,
Barry Glick, Sunshine Farm & Gardens
Book Reviews
The Great Lakes, Wayne Grady
Coal River, Michael Shnayerson
Articles
Annual Dinner Speaker
Index in the works!
Ecological Bridges, Tom Stanley
Stemless Blue Violets in Central Pennsylvania,
C.S.Keener & W. Leitzel
Looking for an Out-of- Print Book?
Missing, Presumed Extinct: The Heartbreak of Psoralea,
Carol Ann McCormick, University of North Carolina Herbarium
One of a Kind: False Mermaid, Tom Sampliner
Botanizing 101: The Power of Observation,
Rebecca Dolan, PhD, Friesner Herbarium, Butler University
ODNR Springville State Nature Preserve
Black Walnut, Gordon Mitchell
Wildflowers that Flourish Under Black Walnuts, Chris Brewster
Fighting Invasives in Ohio’s Special Places:
Preserves in Lake Erie watershed challenged by non-native plants
,
ODNR
Connecting an Oak Tree to the Animals that Depend on It,
Joan Maloof
Two Major Successional Trees: Black Locust and Yellow Popla,
J. Dan Pittillo
Book Release Announcement
Wild Ohio The Best of Our Natural Heritage,
Jim McCormac and Gary Meszaros
Book Review
Got Shade?, Carol Harstad
Articles
An Appreciation of the Work of Art Herrick,
Tom Cooperrider
Herrick Fen Preserve
Kathy Hanratty: TogetherGreen Hero
Botanizing 101: Make Your Own Dried Specimens,
Kay Yatskievych & Rebecca Dolan
Best Plant Finds of 2007
Bucking the Trend,Darcie McKelvey
Rare Plants: Alders,Linda Chafin
Those Really Busy Bees,Tristram Seidler, Seed Ecologist
Native Bees and the Honey Bee Crisis,
Weeds or Fall Flowers?,Robert L. Tener
Planting a Prairie in Barrie, Ontario,Peggy Wong
Shrubby Cinquefoil,Gordon Mitchell
Ohio Prairie Plants,John Blakeman, Ohio Prairie Association
Gentiana saponaria: The Soapwort Gentian, Gene Bush
The Old Gall Game,Larry Englander
The Death of the Figwort Family is Greatly Exaggerated:
It's just been dismembered!
,Scott Ranger
Book Announcement
Native Ferns, Moss & Grasses –
From Emerald Carpet to Amber Wave:
Serene and Sensuous Plants for the Garden
, William Cullina
Book Review by Patricia Jonas
Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium: A Facsimile Edition,
Richard B. Sewall, et al.
Articles
Plant Preservation: An Historical Perspective,
Frances H. Clark & Mary M. Walker
Making the “LEAP”, CMNH
St. Louis Declaration on Invasive Plant Species
Invasive Plant Short List
Why Are Invasive Non-Native Plants a Problem?
Voluntary Code of Ethics for the Gardening Public
Burton Wetlands Nature Preserve – Geauga Park District
Drainage, Dirt, and DNA ... My Love Affair With Native Plants,
Nancy Hill
American Ginseng & “Vulnerable” Plants in Pennsylvania,
Eric Burkhart
Ginseng Replaces PA Tea Industry in 1864
Sources of Ohio Native Seeds and Plants:
From the Ohio Governor’s Residence and Heritage Garden
Labrador Tea, Gordon Mitchell
No Mow If You Want To Have Any Mo, Tom Sampliner
Arthur Herrick – A Footnote
Book Review by Lisa Gilgenbach
Our First Family’s Home:
The Ohio Governor's Residence and Heritage Garden
,
Edited by Mary Alice Mairose
Articles
Spring 2009 Wildflower Events
IBats: Winged Winders,
Lori Totman, Conservation Director, Dawes Arboretum
Degenerate Wildflowers, Marcia Bonta
Harbingers, George Ellison
Sumac: A Shrub For All Seasons, Larry Hodgson
A Brief History of the Cincinnati Wild Flower Preservation Society,
Victor G. Soukup
Fringed Gentian: A Rare Gentianopsis, Gordon Mitchell
The Ice Age In Ohio, Part 1, Michael C. Hanson
Flowering Dogwood–Cornus florida L., Robert Tener
Old Woman Creek:
National Estuarine Research Reserve and State Nature Preserve
,
ODNR
Alternatives to Invasive Plants: Beautiful shrub alternatives,
Cheryl Lowe
Worm Warfare: How Exotic Earthworms
Are Wreaking Havoc in North American Forests
, Niall Dunne
Garlic Mustard Pesto: recipe, Steve Brill
How Do You Tell Native From Non-Native Euonymus Species,
Ellen Jacquart
Book Review by Greg Tillman
Noah‘s Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Back Yards,
Sara Stein
Articles
The Green Triangle Project
The Ice Age in Ohio, Part 2, Michael C. Hansen
Appalachian Forest School
Redbud— Cercis canadensis Linnaeus, Robert Tener
Phylogenetic Patterns of Species Loss …, Willis, C.G., et al.
Phenology Primer: Growing Degree Days
Garden of Controversy: A Tall Grass Prairie Memorial Garden
Davis Memorial State Nature Preserve, ODNR
Japanese Barberry and Ticks
Butterfly Gardening:
Attracting butterflies to gardens in the Great Lakes watershed
Sassafras Tea, Gordon Mitchell
Invasive Species: American Bittersweet, Celastrus scandens L.
Singing the Praises of Stinging Nettle, Jennifer Tucker
Two More Reasons Not to Mow
Book Review
Wild Ohio: The Best of Our Natural Heritage,
Jim McCormac and Gary Meszaros
Articles
Web Sites of Interest
Seed Collecting Tips for Native Plants,
Dawn Bauman, Chair, INPAWS Native Plant Rescue
Techniques to Stimulate Seed Germination
The Great Sneezeweed Mystery,
The Center for Plant Conservation
Iron Weed, Robert L, Tener
Dead Wood Brings New Life to the Forest, David Suzuki
Autumn Brings Birds to Backyards, Audubon Society
Berries, Botanically Speaking, David M. Brandenburg
Native Plant Societies and Grassroots Conservation,
Stanwyn Shetler
Stage’s Pont State Nature Preserve, Jeff Johnson
Common Milkweed, Gordon Mitchell
How to Use Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide, George Ellison
A Tale of Three Orchids, Hal Horwitz
Articles
On The Fringe Turns Over a New Leaf
A Brief Review of This Summer’s Native Plant Society Programs
The Winter-Flowering Shrub, Robert L. Tener
The Wild Rose and Its Pollinators, Jim Dyer & Victoria MacPhail
Guessing the Age of Trees, Bill Einsig
The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree, Mike Ecker
Planting a Cornucopia of Native Plants, Casey Tucker
Botanical Excursions: Hunkering Down in Winter, George Ellison
Hueston Woods SNP, Tim Snyder, ODNP
Wild Black Cherry, Gordon Mitchell
Kentucky Plants With Unusual "Lifestyles" Part II,
Carnivorous Plants
, Ron Jones
Invasive Initiatives:
States Are Beginning to Take Action Against
Horticultural Pest Plants
, Colleen Fitzpatrick
Book Review
Pitcher Plants of the Americas, Stewart McPherson