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Journal of the Arkansas Academy of ScienceVolume 36 Article 371982New and Interesting Plants for the Arkansas Florafrom Northeastern ArkansasEdward Leon RichardsArkansas State UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaasPart of the Botany CommonsThis article is available for use under the Creative Commons license: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0). Users are able toread, download, copy, print, distribute, search, link to the full texts of these articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking priorpermission from the publisher or the author.This General Note is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of the ArkansasAcademy of Science by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact scholar@uark.edu, ccmiddle@uark.edu.Recommended CitationRichards, Edward Leon (1982) "New and Interesting Plants for the Arkansas Flora from Northeastern Arkansas," Journal of theArkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 36 , Article 37.Available at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol36/iss1/37Arkansas Academy of Science Proceedings, Vol. XXXVI,1982 99General NotesNEW AND INTERESTING PLANTS FOR THE ARKANSAS FLORA FROM NORTHEASTERN ARKANSASOver the past years the author has collected several plant specimens that have not been cited for the state or have been mentioned from asingle location, etc. by Smith (1978). Certain plants known to occur in the state from the central or western portions are now cited as occurringin the eastern secion of the state.The plants are listed alphabetically by families and genera. Fernald (1950) and Steyermark (1963) have been used foridentification purposes,etc. Voucher specimens are on file in the herbarium at Arkansas State University (STAR) and were collected by the author.MONOCOTYLEDONEAE (Monocotyledons)Commelinaceae (Spiderwort Family)Tradescantia subaspera Ker (Spiderwort)Craighead Co., along small creek, 1Vi mi W of Valley View. E. L.Richards, 6222; July 29, 1974. TI4N, R3E, S33. This plant was firstmentioned in the state by Johnson (1971) for Poinsett County.Lawrence Co., low area along railroad, 2.3 mi S of Ravenden. E. L.Richards, 6031; June 2, 1972. TI8N, R2W, S8Cyperaceae (Sedge Family)Carex scoparia Schk. (Sedge)Clay Co., edge of field near St. Francis River, about 2 V*mi NW ofSt. Francis. E. L.Richards, 4056; June 4, 1965. T2IN,R8E, SI. Reportedby Smith (1978) as the only location for the state.Carex swanii (Fern.) Mackenz. (Sedge)Greene Co., in boggy area of upper Scatter Creek, V/imi SW of Lafe. E. L.Richards, 7588; May 26, 1980. TI8N, R5E, S2I. Reportedin Smith (1978) for Polk Co.fyridaceae (Yellow-eyed Grass FamilyXyris torta Sm. (Yellow-eyed Grass)Greene Co., in bog of Scatter Creek, 2Vi mi SW of Lafe. E. L.Richards, 7558; August 15, 1979. T18N, R5E, S21. Listed in Smith (1978)from seven counties from the central and western parts of Arkansas.DICOTYLEDONEAE (Dicotyledons)Asteraceae (Aster Family)Crepis pulchra L. (Hawk's Beard)Craighead Co., roadside ditch, VA mi W of Jonesboro. E. L.Richards, 7639; May 11, 1981. T14N, R3E, S9. Smith (1978) lists this plantfrom six counties with Independence County being the easternmost. This plant was not cited by Demaree (1943) and is probably well establishedIinthe eastern section. Lawrence Co., railroad bank 3; mi NW of Sedgwick. E. L.Richards, 7640; May 20, 1981. T16N, R2E, S19.baceae (Pea Family)Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Moench (Vetch)Craighead Co., inprairie area of the southern city limits of Joensboro. E. L.Richards, 7637; April29, 1981. T14N, R4E, S30. This plantis cited here as new to the state.Rubiaceae (Madder Family)Galium pedemontanum All. (Bedstraw)Craighead Co., in prairie area ofsouthern city limits of Jonesboro. E. L.Richards, 7635; April26, 1981. T14N, R4E, S30. This populationLis the site with the farthest east location for the state. Five other locations are known from the western border to Baxter County in Arkansas,ophulariaceae (Figwort Family)Chaenorrhinum minus (L.) Lange (Dwarf Snapdragon)BCo., inwaste area along railroad grade, 1Vimi SW of Rector. E. L.Richards, 7638; May 7, 1981. T19N, R7E, S34. This plant has previouslyreported from Jefferson County in Arkansas by Smith (1978).Rjhead Co., along railroad shoulder, northeast city limits of Joensboro. E. L.Richards, 7632; April 15, 1981. T14N, R4E, S22.ne Co., waste area of railroad grade, 5 mi SW of Paragould. E.L. Richards, 7634; April26, 1981. T16N, R5E, S34.one glabra L.(White Turtlehead)Greene Co., in boggy area, 31/:mi NE of Walcott, E. L.Richards, 6410; Sept. 29, 1975. T17N, R4E, S23. This plant is cited here as new to thestate. Radford (1968) shows this plant as eastern in distribution for the United States and it probably occurs in several counties in eastern Arkansas.LITERATURE CITEDDEMAREE, D. 1943. Acatalogue ofthe vascular plants of Arkansas.Taxodium 1(1): 1-88.rALD,J. L.1950. Gray's manual of botany. 8th edition. AmericanBook Co., New York. 1632p.rSON, M. I.1971. A survey of the vascular flora of PoinsettCounty, Ark. Proc. Ark. Acad. Sci. 25:42-52.RADFORD, A. E., H. E. AHLES, and C. R. BELL. 1968. Manualof the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Univ.ofNorth CarolinaPress, Chapel Hill,NC. 1183p.SMITH,E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plantsofArkansas. Univ.of Ark.Bookstore, Fayetteville, AR.592p.STEYERMARK, J. A.1963. Flora of Missouri. Iowa State Univ.Press,Ames, IO.1728p.EDWARD L.RICHARDS, Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, State University, Arkansas 72467.99Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 36 [1982], Art. 37Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 1982

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Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science Volume 36 Article 37 1982 New and Interesting Plants for the Arkansas Flora from Northeastern Arkansas Edward Leon Richards Arkansas State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas  Part of the Botany Commons Recommended Citation Richards, Edward Leon (1982) "New and Interesting Plants for the Arkansas Flora from Northeastern Arkansas," Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science: Vol. 36 , Article 37. Available at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol36/iss1/37 This article is available for use under the Creative Commons license: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0). Users are able to read, download, copy, print, distribute, search, link to the full texts of these articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This General Note is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact scholar@uark.edu. Arkansas Academy of Science Proceedings, Vol. XXXVI,1982 99General NotesNEW AND INTERESTING PLANTS FOR THE ARKANSAS FLORA FROM NORTHEASTERN ARKANSASOver the past years the author has collected several plant specimens that have not been cited for the state or have been mentioned from asingle location, etc. by Smith (1978). Certain plants known to occur in the state from the central or western portions are now cited as occurringin the eastern secion of the state.The plants are listed alphabetically by families and genera. Fernald (1950) and Steyermark (1963) have been used foridentification purposes,etc. Voucher specimens are on file in the herbarium at Arkansas State University (STAR) and were collected by the author.MONOCOTYLEDONEAE (Monocotyledons)Commelinaceae (Spiderwort Family)Tradescantia subaspera Ker (Spiderwort)Craighead Co., along small creek, 1Vi mi W of Valley View. E. L.Richards, 6222; July 29, 1974. TI4N, R3E, S33. This plant was firstmentioned in the state by Johnson (1971) for Poinsett County.Lawrence Co., low area along railroad, 2.3 mi S of Ravenden. E. L.Richards, 6031; June 2, 1972. TI8N, R2W, S8Cyperaceae (Sedge Family)Carex scoparia Schk. (Sedge)Clay Co., edge of field near St. Francis River, about 2 V*mi NW ofSt. Francis. E. L.Richards, 4056; June 4, 1965. T2IN,R8E, SI. Reportedby Smith (1978) as the only location for the state.Carex swanii (Fern.) Mackenz. (Sedge)Greene Co., in boggy area of upper Scatter Creek, V/imi SW of Lafe. E. L.Richards, 7588; May 26, 1980. TI8N, R5E, S2I. Reportedin Smith (1978) for Polk Co.fyridaceae (Yellow-eyed Grass FamilyXyris torta Sm. (Yellow-eyed Grass)Greene Co., in bog of Scatter Creek, 2Vi mi SW of Lafe. E. L.Richards, 7558; August 15, 1979. T18N, R5E, S21. Listed in Smith (1978)from seven counties from the central and western parts of Arkansas.DICOTYLEDONEAE (Dicotyledons)Asteraceae (Aster Family)Crepis pulchra L. (Hawk's Beard)Craighead Co., roadside ditch, VA mi W of Jonesboro. E. L.Richards, 7639; May 11, 1981. T14N, R3E, S9. Smith (1978) lists this plantfrom six counties with Independence County being the easternmost. This plant was not cited by Demaree (1943) and is probably well establishedIinthe eastern section. Lawrence Co., railroad bank 3; mi NW of Sedgwick. E. L.Richards, 7640; May 20, 1981. T16N, R2E, S19.baceae (Pea Family)Vicia tetrasperma (L.) Moench (Vetch)Craighead Co., inprairie area of the southern city limits of Joensboro. E. L.Richards, 7637; April29, 1981. T14N, R4E, S30. This plantis cited here as new to the state.Rubiaceae (Madder Family)Galium pedemontanum All. (Bedstraw)Craighead Co., in prairie area ofsouthern city limits of Jonesboro. E. L.Richards, 7635; April26, 1981. T14N, R4E, S30. This populationLis the site with the farthest east location for the state. Five other locations are known from the western border to Baxter County in Arkansas,ophulariaceae (Figwort Family)Chaenorrhinum minus (L.) Lange (Dwarf Snapdragon)BCo., inwaste area along railroad grade, 1Vimi SW of Rector. E. L.Richards, 7638; May 7, 1981. T19N, R7E, S34. This plant has previouslyreported from Jefferson County in Arkansas by Smith (1978).Rjhead Co., along railroad shoulder, northeast city limits of Joensboro. E. L.Richards, 7632; April 15, 1981. T14N, R4E, S22.ne Co., waste area of railroad grade, 5 mi SW of Paragould. E.L. Richards, 7634; April26, 1981. T16N, R5E, S34.one glabra L.(White Turtlehead)Greene Co., in boggy area, 31/:mi NE of Walcott, E. L.Richards, 6410; Sept. 29, 1975. T17N, R4E, S23. This plant is cited here as new to thestate. Radford (1968) shows this plant as eastern in distribution for the United States and it probably occurs in several counties in eastern Arkansas.LITERATURE CITEDDEMAREE, D. 1943. Acatalogue ofthe vascular plants of Arkansas.Taxodium 1(1): 1-88.rALD,J. L.1950. Gray's manual of botany. 8th edition. AmericanBook Co., New York. 1632p.rSON, M. I.1971. A survey of the vascular flora of PoinsettCounty, Ark. Proc. Ark. Acad. Sci. 25:42-52.RADFORD, A. E., H. E. AHLES, and C. R. BELL. 1968. Manualof the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Univ.ofNorth CarolinaPress, Chapel Hill,NC. 1183p.SMITH,E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plantsofArkansas. Univ.of Ark.Bookstore, Fayetteville, AR.592p.STEYERMARK, J. A.1963. Flora of Missouri. Iowa State Univ.Press,Ames, IO.1728p.EDWARD L.RICHARDS, Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, State University, Arkansas 72467.99Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science, Vol. 36 [1982], Art. 37Published by Arkansas Academy of Science, 1982

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