Tribute to John Taylor

It’s no wonder that the Taylors have been responsible for the identification and distribution information of more native Oklahoma species than anyone else, worldwide; John loved working in the field more than anything else he did. He and Connie traveled extensively and exhaustively throughout theircareers. He was active in the Oklahoma Academy of Science and Oklahoma Native Plant Society and Connie, even in her retirement, continues her active participation in these organizations

Critic's Choice Essay: Pollination Ecology of Our Native Prairie Plants

The Oklahoma prairie in the summer is an ideal place and time to study pollination ecology. With its "cornucopia" pattern of flowering, where many plants flower synchronously, it has many flowers available every day. This past summer at the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation's Arcadia Conservation Education Area, Dr. Rebecca Pace, an entomologist, and I taught a course in pollination ecology for the University of Central Oklahoma