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INTRODUCTION to
Plants of Archbold Biological Station,
Highlands County, Florida

by
Eric S. Menges, Carl W. Weekley, Rebecca Yahr,
Christopher Brand, and Dorothy Mundell

2000


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Introduction | Fields | Corrections to the List | Acknowledgments | Literature Cited


Introduction. This is the first digital version of the Archbold Biological Station Plant List, but the list has several printed predecessors. As in previous lists, we envision this list as a repository for a variety of autecological, taxonomic, and distributional information. The list includes all vascular plants known to spontaneously occur at Archbold. The Plant List does not include cultivated (mostly exotic) plants on the Main Grounds or plants introduced on Red Hill that may persist but do not appear to be spreading.

The first list of Archbold’s plants was assembled by Sam P. Vander Kloet (Vander Kloet 1986). The second major list created a tabular organization and added information on life history, distribution, and nomenclature (Menges and Salzman 1992). The current list adds recent records and information on endangerment status, and brings the nomenclature into agreement with Wunderlin (1998).

Top  Explanation of Fields. The Plant List is organized alphabetically by family within four higher groupings: Ferns and Fern Allies; Gymnosperms; Angiosperms-Monocots; and Angiosperms-Dicots.

  • Family. Families follow Wunderlin (1998) and are listed in alphabetical order.
  • Scientific Name and Author. Nomenclature for scientific names follows Wunderlin (1998) with the exceptions of recognizing Pinus elliottii var. densa Little and Dorman (south Florida slash pine), Conradina brevifolia Shiners (short-leaved rosemary), and Paronychia chartacea subsp. chartacea L.C. Anderson (papery whitlow-wort).
  • Subspecies Description. Subspecies names follow Wunderlin (1998) with the following exception: for 16 species it is unclear from existing records which subspecific taxa are represented at Archbold. These species are listed with an asterisk (*) following the species name.
  • Synonomy. Synonyms are provided following Wunderlin (1998). Additional synonyms may be found in Small (1933) and Kartesz (1994a, 1994b).
  • Common Names. These include those found in Wunderlin (1998) as well as other sources.
  • Life History. Information on breeding systems, growth form, and life span was gathered from a variety of sources including Small (1933), Long and Lakela (1971), Godfrey and Wooten (1979, 1981), Clewell (1985), Wunderlin et al. (1985), Wunderlin et al. (1988), Christman and Judd (1990), Hall (1993), Taylor (1998), Tobe et al. (1998), Wunderlin (1998) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (1999) as well as our own observations.
  • Flowering Periods. These phenological observations are specific to Archbold, and mainly follow Vander Kloet (1986) with modifications by the authors. Some out-of-season flowering may also occur in central Florida.
  • Distribution. Worldwide distributions are given from a variety of sources including Small (1933), Christman and Judd (1990), and other sources. State names are abbreviated with two-letter postal codes. Federal-listing status, based on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (1999), is coded as Endangered (FE) or Threatened (FT). State-listing status, based on Coile (1998), is coded as Endangered (SE) or Threatened (ST).
  • Habitat at ABS. Again, we have modified previous plant lists, following the classification of Abrahamson et al. (1984). Abundance estimates are qualitative and follow in part from vander Kloet (1986).
  • Distribution at ABS. This field indicates in which ABS tracts the species is known to occur. The accompanying map shows ABS tract designations.

Top  How to Suggest Changes in the Plant List. If you find errors or omissions in the plant list, please let us know by contacting Eric S. Menges (emgnges@archbold-station.org) or Carl W. Weekley (cweekley@archbold-station.org).

Top  Acknowledgements. We would like to thank Samara Hamze and Karin Kettenring for their help updating this list. Contributions to earlier plant lists by Ginny Salzman, Marcia Hestand, and Sam P. Vander Kloet were invaluable. Botanists who contributed to the ABS herbarium over the years have helped document this list indirectly. Over 70% of the ~4000 specimens in the Plant Ecology Lab Herbarium were collected by Leonard J. Brass. Others who made significant contributions to the Herbarium include Sam P. Vander Kloet, Ann F. Johnson, and Alan Herndon.

Top  Literature Cited.

Abrahamson, W. G., A. F. Johnson, J. N. Layne, and P. A. Peroni. 1984. Vegetation of the Archbold Biological Station: an example of the southern Lake Wales Ridge. Florida Scientist 47:209-250.--PDF file

Christman, S. P. , and W. S. Judd. 1990. Notes on plants endemic to Florida scrub. Florida Scientist 53:52-73.

Clewell, A. F. 1985. Guide to the vascular plants of the Florida Panhandle. University Presses of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.

Coile, N. C. 1998. Notes on Florida's endangered and threatened plants. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Servies, Division of Plant Industry, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Godfrey, R. K., and J. W. Wooten. 1979. Aquatic and wetland plants of the southeastern United States. Monocotyledons. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, USA.

Godfrey, R. K., and J. W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and wetland plants of the southeastern United States. Dicotyledons. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, USA.

Hall, D. W. 1993. Illustrated plants of Florida and the Coastal Plain. Maupin House Publishing, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Kartesz, J. T. 1994a. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Volume 1: Checklist. Timber Press, Portland, OR, USA.

Kartesz, J. T. 1994b. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Volume 2: Thesaurus. Timber Press, Portland, OR, USA.

Long, R.W., and O. Lakela. 1971. A flora of tropical Florida. University of Miami Press, Coral Gables, Florida, USA.

Small, J. K. 1933. Manual of the southeastern flora. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

Taylor, W. K. 1998. Florida wildflowers in their natural communities. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Tobe, J. D., K. C. Burks, R. W. Cantrell, M. E. Sweeley, D. W. Hall, P. Wallace, G. Anglin, G. Nelson, J. R. Cooper, D. Bickner, K. Gilbert, N. Aymond, K. Greenwood, and N. Raymond. 1998. Florida wetland plants: an identification manual. Rose Printing Company, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1999. South Florida multi-species recovery plan. U.S. Fish and Wildlike Service, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Vander Kloet, S. P. 1986. Plant list of the Archbold Biological Station. Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida, USA.

Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, and D. W. Hall. 1985. The vascular plants of central Florida: taxonomic and nomenclatural changes, additional taxa. Sida 11:232-244.

Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, and D. W. Hall. 1988. The vascular flora of central Florida; taxonomic and nomenclatural changes, additional taxa. Sida 13:83-91.

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