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TwoSpecies of Bambooon the Domain? Whenthe description of a newspecies of bamboo was reported in thejournalSida, if sounded very much like the short bam- boothat grows in variousp/aces on the Domain. We have senf a speclmen to AlanWeakley at theUniversity of North Carolina Herbariumfor confirmation of the plant's identtty Meanwhile, assoclafe curator Yolande Gottfried has done some sleuthing, as shereports below. -MPP fhe recentrecognition ofa newspecies of Furtherstudy of the vegetative characteristics Dr.Clark is an international bamboo exoert I tttortnAmerican bamboo has important ofa numberof specimens (see their photo with74 other new species toher name, I implicationsforthe Sewanee Herbarium atlivescience.com's imageoftheday for mostlyin Central and South America. The andthe Flora of the Domain prolect. March27, 2007, looking at specimens just closestrelatives ofthis new species and Botanistsatlowa State University and the asthe Sewanee Herbarium staff does!) theother two North American bamboos are Universityof NorthCarolina published last fall plusgenetic data confirmed that this was inEast Asia, where there are 500 bamboo a descriptionofArundinaria appalachiana species.This distribution pattern isfound Triplett,Weakley & L.G. Clark, commonly ina numberof other species of eastern knownas hill cane, in the scientific NorthAmerica (see "East ls East and journal,Sida, Contribufions foBotany. Westls West?" in the Spring, 2006, issue Hillcane occurs on the Domain, but until of ThePlant Press). Hill cane is endemic thispublication, it had been identified as tothe southern Appalachians andupper Arundinaiagigantea (Walter)Walter or river Piedmontofnortheastern Alabama, northern cane. Georgia,southwestern North Carolina, and Hillcane has long been recognized southeasternTennessee. The type specimen locallyas being different, but that difference forthe species (the official herbarium wasn'tofficially recognized until Lynn G. specimenconnected with the scientific name Clark,professor ofecology, evolution ofthe species) was collected by Triplett in andorganismal biology at lowa State DesotoState Park in Dekalb County, AL. University,and Ph.D. student there, Jimmy Twoof the Tennessee specimens mentioned Triplett,began a fieldstudy in 2003 of inthe paper were collected inLookout Mt. NorthAmerican bamboos, which only NationalMilitary Park on June 29, 1957, by occurin the southeastern United States, Pohland at White Cliff Springs inMonroe todetermine ifthere was more than one Countyby Lamson-Scribner inJuly of 1890. species.Alan S. Weakley, Adminiskative Thisis an impressive example ofthe value of Curatorof the Herbarium atthe University preservingherbarium specimens and good ofNorth Carolina atChapel Hill, brought recordkeeping-collect a plant and achieve hillcane to their attention. When they saw fameand immortality! it inthe field, they realized immediately Hillcane occurs "in upland oak-hickory- thatit was not the same as river cane or pineforests on slopes, less typically inmore theother species under study, switch cane indeeda separate species. Dr. Clark noted, mesicsites, seeps, or along small streams" (Arundinariafecfa Walter). lt is smaller and "Wetend to thinkthat we . . . knowour own (SlDA22(1):91.2006),ltis nearly always moredelicate, growing only to about six feet, biodiversity,andthat there isn't much left to foundaway from perennial streams, which is whilethe others grow taller and thicker. Most discoverina olacelike the United States. I theusual habitat for river cane. Switch cane noticeably,it loses its leaves in the fall, while thinkthis demonstrates thatthat's not true." isprimarily a Southeastern Coastal Plain theother two tend to stay green. endemic.All three cane soecies flower and
(continuedonp.2) TheSewaneeHerbarium: Education - Research - Conservation RichardWinslow - Sewa nee 's DomainManager
"l'llbet I'm the only person who's ever held (whichisshown on the map on page 4). Untila fewyears ago, there was an graduateassistantships inboth forestry Coveringmore than 10,000 acres on the uninterruptedforest in the hands of a few andEnglish atthe University ofFlorida," CumberlandPlateau, the forest can be majorlandowners allalong the plateau quipsRichard Winslow. Graduating from sortedinto four major categories: 43% is fromsouth of the Alabama state line, Sewaneewith a doublemajor in forestry plateau{ophardwoods, dominated byoaks throughthe Domain, and on northward. In andEnglish, Richard headed to Florida andhickories; 24o/o isthe more diverse thepast few years, with the sale of large fora master'sdegree inforestry and "cove"forest on the slopes of the plateau; timbertracts to developers who in turn foundhimself - likemany students - 23%is urban, consisting ofthe campus, areselling parcels for residential use, that scroungingtomake ends meet. "lwalked swatheofforest has become fragmented. intothe English Department anduttered "Aforested corridor isimportant for twogolden words: 'Andrew Lytle.'They neotropicalbirds and other critters that signedme up on the spot. Mr. Lytle had requirelarge habitats," Richard explains. taughtthere before coming to Sewanee "Breakingupthe forest into multiple small [toteach, write, and edit the Sewanee tractsmakes itmore difficult tokeep that Reviewl.They were more than happy to corridorintact." hireone of his students!" Withan eye to minimizing the Aftergraduate school Richard did forest disturbancetothe forest that this consultingfor a firmin Milwaukee.One of fragmentationbrings, Richard has helped theirclients was Tennessee Consolidated toform a FranklinCounty Forestry Coal.which owned 32,000 acres of forest Association.Membership isopen to all land.Richard became their land manager. landownersinthe county. The goal is WhenTCC sold their land in the mid- toeducate the members onthe broad 1990s,Richard returned toconsulting rangeof forest management options that beforecoming h Sewaneethree years village,and resiMiatareas; and the areopen to tffirom timberharuesling ag0. remaining10% is planted trees. toconservation easements, andthe AsDomain Manager, Richard oversees Mostof the kee plantations are in non- implicationsofeach. theintegrity ofthe Domain and the nativeloblolly and white pine. Afew are Richard'sliberal arts background has securityofits natural resources. Hismain inyellow-poplar, andtwo smallAustrian provenuseful when tackling problems responsibilityisto outline long+ange pineand Norway spruce plantations were associatedwith land management. "lhave management.'Weask ourselves, 'What establishedyears ago. Richard would like a betterfeel for the big picture. People who willthe forest look like in 50 years?' toreplace much of the white and loblolly leaveSewanee with degrees inforestry or It'sa balancingact between aesthetic/ pinewith the native shortleaf pine, a tree geology- orany of the sciences - are recreationaluseand ecology." thatgrows naturally ina coupleof areas somuch better off having received a liberal Richardhas spent many hours walking onthe Domain, including along the trail to artseducation." "l theboundary and becoming better PineyPoint. really want to see it come -Mary P.Priestley acquaintedwith the University's forest back,and it's got to be through our efforts."
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