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Native Plants for Your Backyard
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Native Plants for Your Backyard Native plants of the Southeastern United States are more diverse in number and kind than in most other countries, prized for their beauty worldwide. Our native plants are an integral part of a healthy ecosystem, providing the energy that sustains our forests and wildlife, including important pollinators and migratory birds. By “growing native” you can help support native wildlife. This helps sustain the natural connections that have developed between plants and animals over thousands of years. Consider turning your lawn into a native garden. You’ll help the local environment and often use less water and spend less time and money maintaining your yard if the plants are properly planted. The plants listed are appealing to many species of wildlife and will look attractive in your yard. To maximize your success with these plants, match the right plants with the right site conditions (soil, pH, sun, and moisture). Check out the resources on the back of this factsheet for assistance or contact your local extension office for soil testing and more information about these plants. Shrubs Trees Vines Wildflowers Grasses American beautyberry Serviceberry Trumpet creeper Bee balm Big bluestem Callicarpa americana Amelanchier arborea Campsis radicans Monarda didyma Andropogon gerardii Sweetshrub Redbud Carolina jasmine Fire pink Little bluestem Calycanthus floridus Cercis canadensis Gelsemium sempervirens Silene virginica Schizachyrium scoparium Blueberry Red buckeye Crossvine Cardinal flower -
State of New York City's Plants 2018
STATE OF NEW YORK CITY’S PLANTS 2018 Daniel Atha & Brian Boom © 2018 The New York Botanical Garden All rights reserved ISBN 978-0-89327-955-4 Center for Conservation Strategy The New York Botanical Garden 2900 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10458 All photos NYBG staff Citation: Atha, D. and B. Boom. 2018. State of New York City’s Plants 2018. Center for Conservation Strategy. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY. 132 pp. STATE OF NEW YORK CITY’S PLANTS 2018 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 INTRODUCTION 10 DOCUMENTING THE CITY’S PLANTS 10 The Flora of New York City 11 Rare Species 14 Focus on Specific Area 16 Botanical Spectacle: Summer Snow 18 CITIZEN SCIENCE 20 THREATS TO THE CITY’S PLANTS 24 NEW YORK STATE PROHIBITED AND REGULATED INVASIVE SPECIES FOUND IN NEW YORK CITY 26 LOOKING AHEAD 27 CONTRIBUTORS AND ACKNOWLEGMENTS 30 LITERATURE CITED 31 APPENDIX Checklist of the Spontaneous Vascular Plants of New York City 32 Ferns and Fern Allies 35 Gymnosperms 36 Nymphaeales and Magnoliids 37 Monocots 67 Dicots 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report, State of New York City’s Plants 2018, is the first rankings of rare, threatened, endangered, and extinct species of what is envisioned by the Center for Conservation Strategy known from New York City, and based on this compilation of The New York Botanical Garden as annual updates thirteen percent of the City’s flora is imperiled or extinct in New summarizing the status of the spontaneous plant species of the York City. five boroughs of New York City. This year’s report deals with the City’s vascular plants (ferns and fern allies, gymnosperms, We have begun the process of assessing conservation status and flowering plants), but in the future it is planned to phase in at the local level for all species. -
Multiple Resprouting from Diaspores and Single Cotyledons in the Australian Tropical Tree Species Idiospermum Australiense
Journal of Tropical Ecology (2002) 18:943–948. With 1 figure. Copyright 2002 Cambridge University Press DOI:10.1017/S0266467402002626 Printed in the United Kingdom SHORT COMMUNICATION Multiple resprouting from diaspores and single cotyledons in the Australian tropical tree species Idiospermum australiense WILL EDWARDS1 and PAUL GADEK School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Cairns, Australia 4878 (Accepted 3rd November 2001) KEY WORDS: Idiospermum, large seeds, multiple resprouting In 1999, Dalling & Harms simulated 100% above-ground herbivory on seedlings of Gustavia superba, a large-seeded species from Barro Colorado Island, Panama, and showed the remarkable ability for cotyledons to regenerate up to eight new shoots. They used this evidence to propose that cotyledon size (at least in this species) was adaptive in surviving pre- and early post-germination hazards (Dalling & Harms 1999). In this note we describe the first record of multiple resprouting in an Australian tropical plant species. Idiospermum australiense (Diels) S. T. Blake (Calycanthaceae) exhibits characteristics similar (but not identical) to G. superba that support the contention of Dalling & Harms (1999). Idiospermum australiense is a rare canopy tree species (Briggs & Leigh 1996) that occurs in restricted populations in lowland tropical rain forests in north Queensland, Australia. The species produces the largest dicotyledonary dias- pore in the Australian flora. Fresh diaspores can weigh up to 225 g and com- prise between two and six thick, starchy cotyledons (modal cotyledon number is four) released within an ephemeral, corky seed coat (Worboys 1999). Diasp- ores are gravity dispersed and the seed coat rapidly decays, exposing cotyledons to the immediate environment prior to germination. -
Phylogenetic Analysis of the ''ECE'' (CYC TB1) Clade Reveals
Phylogenetic analysis of the ‘‘ECE’’ (CYC͞TB1) clade reveals duplications predating the core eudicots Dianella G. Howarth† and Michael J. Donoghue† Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, P.O. Box 208106, New Haven, CT 06520-8106 Contributed by Michael J. Donoghue, April 7, 2006 Flower symmetry is of special interest in understanding angio- expression patterns in floral meristems (15, 20, 24), and, at least sperm evolution and ecology. Evidence from the Antirrhineae in Antirrhinum, a fully radial and ventralized flower (a peloric (snapdragon and relatives) indicates that several TCP gene-family form) is produced only in CYC͞DICH double mutants (15, 17). transcription factors, especially CYCLOIDEA (CYC) and DICHO- Although there is partial redundancy in function, they do differ TOMA (DICH), play a role in specifying dorsal identity in the corolla slightly in the timing of expression (20). Additionally, CYC and and androecium of monosymmetric (bilateral) flowers. Studies of DICH both inhibit stamen growth in A. majus, with expression rosid and asterid angiosperms suggest that orthologous TCP genes in stamen primordia resulting in abortion (15, 20). may be important in dorsal identity, but there has been no broad The TCP gene family is diverse, with a complement of 24 phylogenetic context to determine copy number or orthology. copies found in Arabidopsis (refs. 8 and 25, as well as Fig. 1A). Here, we compare published data from rosids and asterids with This family includes the PCF genes, first described in rice, which newly collected data from ranunculids, caryophyllids, Saxifragales, control cell growth. The PCF subfamily are easily distinguished and Asterales to ascertain the phylogenetic placement of major from members of the other subfamily, CYC͞TB1, by differences duplications in the ‘‘ECE’’ (CYC͞TB1) clade of TCP transcription in the length and sequence of the TCP domain (26). -
Native Shrubs Are Backbone of Landscapes
used in small groupings. Spicebush NATIVE SHRUBS thrives in full sun but is acceptable in partial sun. It is a good compan- ion to pine or at the edge of a beech- maple-oak woods. It has been re- ARE BACKBONE ported to be difficult to transplant because of the coarse roots but we have had 98% success when plant- OF LANDSCAPES ing in moist, well-drained, sandy loam. During the spring the light green leaves are oblong, 3 to 5 inches in length. This lime-green Allspice, Spicebush, Bayberry, and Snowberry foliage of summer is transformed into a rich yellow during fall. This fall color is spectacular. Spicebush BY DOUGLAS CHAPMAN, "Horticulturist, Dow Gardens, Midland, Ml" flowers very early in the season (late April in Central Michigan). Native shrubs should provide the spring. It grows in a wide range of These thread-like flowers, borne in backbone for home and commer- soil conditions, thriving in moist, clusters near the terminal, are cial landscapes. Four native shrubs well-drained loamy soils but yellowish-green in color. The fruit which thrive when grown in full adapts to well-drained, almost which is scarlet and shaped some- sun or light shade which provide a droughty conditions. It has darker what like raspberries can be spec- real diversity to the landscape in- green leaves during the summer tacular along with the fall foliar clude Carolina Allspice, Spice- months, becoming a pale yellow- color. This native is underused and bush, Northern Bayberry, and green in the fall but does not de- should be grown more in the trade. -
Wood Anatomy of Calycanthaceae Sherwin Carlquist
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany Volume 10 | Issue 3 Article 6 1983 Wood Anatomy of Calycanthaceae Sherwin Carlquist Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.claremont.edu/aliso Part of the Botany Commons Recommended Citation Carlquist, Sherwin (1983) "Wood Anatomy of Calycanthaceae," Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany: Vol. 10: Iss. 3, Article 6. Available at: http://scholarship.claremont.edu/aliso/vol10/iss3/6 ALISO 10(3), 1983, pp. 427-441 WOOD ANATOMY OF CALYCANTHACEAE: ECOLOGICAL AND SYSTEMATIC IMPLICATIONS Sherwin Carlquist INTRODUCTION Wood anatomy of Calycanthaceae has not been studied as a unit. Wood features ofthe family have been summarized by Metcalfe and Chalk (1950); various authors have mentioned one or more traits in studies dealing with Calycanthaceae (e.g., Wilson 1979) or other families (e.g., Garratt 1934). In view of recent interest in Idiospermum australiense (Diels) Blake, a new comparative study is needed. One goal of the present study is clarification of relationships of Idiospermum to Calycanthus and Chimonanthus. Wood anatomy of Idiospermum was described by Blake ( 1972) and Wilson ( 1979); a new description is offered here to provide more quantitative data. De scriptions of the wood of Calycanthus and Chimonanthus provided here incorporate such quantitative data, but also modify earlier descriptions with respect to some important qualitative features. Material of the recently de scribed genus Sinocalycanthus (Cheng and Chan 1964) was not available, although the description of that genus suggests it is not strongly different from Calycanthus or Chimonanthus. The present study incorporates material of Calycanthus floridus L. var. floridus, C. -
Eastern North American Plants in Cultivation
Eastern North American Plants in Cultivation Many indigenous North American plants are in cultivation, but many equally worthy ones are seldom grown. It often ap- pears that familiar native plants are taken for granted, while more exotic ones - those with the glamor of coming from some- where else - are more commonly cultivated. Perhaps this is what happens everywhere, but perhaps this attitude is a hand- me-down from the time when immigrants to the New World brought with them plants that tied them to the Old. At any rate, in the eastern United States some of the most commonly culti- vated plants are exotic species such as Forsythia species and hy- brids, various species of Ligustrum, Syringa vulgaris, Ilex cre- nata, Magnolia X soulangiana, Malus species and hybrids, Acer platanoides, Asiatic rhododendrons (both evergreen and decidu- ous) and their hybrids, Berberis thunbergii, Abelia X grandi- flora, Vinca minor, and Pachysandra procumbens, to mention only a few examples. This is not to imply, however, that there are few indigenous plants that have "made the grade," horticulturally speaking, for there are many obvious successes. Some plants, such as Cornus florida, have been adopted immediately and widely, but others, such as Phlox stolonifera ’Blue Ridge’ have had to re- ceive an award in Europe before drawing the attention they de- serve here, much as American singers used to have to acquire a foreign reputation before being accepted as worthwhile artists. Examples among the widely grown eastern American trees are Tsuga canadensis; Thuja occidentalis; Pinus strobus (and other species); Quercus rubra, Q. palustris, and Q. -
Daintree Futures Study Final Report to the Wet Tropics Ministerial Council
Daintree Futures Study Final Report to the Wet Tropics Ministerial Council Rainforest CRC Cairns with Gutteridge Haskins and Davey Far North Strategies November 2000 Rainforest CRC Table of Contents LIST OF TABLES III LIST OF FIGURES III LIST OF MAPS IV APPENDICES IV VOLUMES IV ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS V EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 The Vision 3 Major Findings of the Study 5 Community Development 5 Conservation and land management 7 Tourism 8 Electricity 9 Aboriginal Land and Cultural Aspirations 9 Roads and Ferry 10 Proposed Management Arrangements 10 Cost and Revenues 12 1. SECURING THE FUTURE OF THE DAINTREE 13 1.1 The Situation 13 1.2 The need for action 14 1.3 Project Objectives Terms of Reference and Study Approach 16 1.3.1 Community views 18 1.4 Principles for the Study 19 1.4.1 Ecologically sustainable development (ESD) 20 1.4.2 The stewardship of conservation and biodiversity 20 1.4.3 Land restructure and management to achieve biodiversity protection 21 1.4.4 The Role of Douglas Shire Council 21 1.4.5 Interconnectedness of decisions 22 1.4.6 Decisions for reaching the desired future 22 2. DECISION AREAS, DESIRED OUTCOMES, AND OPTIONS 24 2.1 Community development 24 2.1.1 Issues and options 24 2.1.2 Options 24 Rainforest CRC i 2.1.3 Recommendations for Community Development 34 2.2 Land Management and Biodiversity Conservation 36 2.2.1 Issues 36 2.2.2 Options 38 2.2.3 Recommendations for private land management 43 2.2.4 Recommendations for land management and biodiversity 73 2.2.5 The Use of Precinct Plans and Guidelines as a Planning Tool 77 2.2.6 How Douglas Shire Council might implement the Integrated Planning Act provisions. -
(OUV) of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area
Handout 2 Natural Heritage Criteria and the Attributes of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area The notes that follow were derived by deconstructing the original 1988 nomination document to identify the specific themes and attributes which have been recognised as contributing to the Outstanding Universal Value of the Wet Tropics. The notes also provide brief statements of justification for the specific examples provided in the nomination documentation. Steve Goosem, December 2012 Natural Heritage Criteria: (1) Outstanding examples representing the major stages in the earth’s evolutionary history Values: refers to the surviving taxa that are representative of eight ‘stages’ in the evolutionary history of the earth. Relict species and lineages are the elements of this World Heritage value. Attribute of OUV (a) The Age of the Pteridophytes Significance One of the most significant evolutionary events on this planet was the adaptation in the Palaeozoic Era of plants to life on the land. The earliest known (plant) forms were from the Silurian Period more than 400 million years ago. These were spore-producing plants which reached their greatest development 100 million years later during the Carboniferous Period. This stage of the earth’s evolutionary history, involving the proliferation of club mosses (lycopods) and ferns is commonly described as the Age of the Pteridophytes. The range of primitive relict genera representative of the major and most ancient evolutionary groups of pteridophytes occurring in the Wet Tropics is equalled only in the more extensive New Guinea rainforests that were once continuous with those of the listed area. -
Idiospermum Australiense Click on Images to Enlarge
Species information Abo ut Reso urces Hom e A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Idiospermum australiense Click on images to enlarge Family Calycanthaceae Scientific Name Idiospermum australiense (Diels) S.T.Blake Blake, S.T. (1972) Contributions from the Queensland Herbarium 12: 5. Common name Leaves and Flowers. Copyright CSIRO Idiot Fruit; Ribbonwood; Idiospermum Stem Blaze darkening on exposure. Living bark very bitter when chewed and probably quite poisonous. Leaves Leaf blades about 10-17 x 3.5-5.5 cm. Lateral veins slightly raised on the upper surface, curved throughout their length, but not forming definite loops. Flowers Leaves and Flowers. Copyright CSIRO Tepals about 12-14 mm long, numerous, about 30-40, variable, changing from bracts to sepals-petals- stamens-staminodes-carpels as the centre of the flower is approached. Anther connective extending beyond the anthers, both laterally and apically. Fruit Fruits large, depressed globular, about 5-5.5 x 6-6.5 cm. Seeds large, about 4-5 x 5-6 cm. Cotyledons three or Fruit, side view and two seeds. Copyright W. T. Cooper four, large, thick and fleshy. Seedlings Cotyledons three or four, greenish brown, remaining at ground level until well after the tenth leaf stage. At the tenth leaf stage: leaf blade oblong to ovate, apex acuminate, base obtuse, glabrous; petiole glabrous. Seed germination time 31 to 74 days. Distribution and Ecology Endemic to NEQ, occurs in the area between Hutchinson Creek and the Daintree River and the foothills of the Bellenden Ker Range and Mt Bartle Frere. -
Chimonanthus Praecox
Shang et al. Genome Biology (2020) 21:200 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-020-02088-y RESEARCH Open Access The chromosome-level wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox) genome provides insights into floral scent biosynthesis and flowering in winter Junzhong Shang1†, Jingpu Tian1†, Huihui Cheng2†, Qiaomu Yan1, Lai Li1, Abbas Jamal1, Zhongping Xu3,4, Lin Xiang1, Christopher A. Saski5, Shuangxia Jin3,4* , Kaige Zhao1*, Xiuqun Liu1* and Longqing Chen6* * Correspondence: [email protected]. edu.cn; [email protected]; Abstract [email protected]; clqhzau@126. com Background: Wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox), an important ornamental plant, †Junzhong Shang, Jingpu Tian and has evolved unique fragrant aroma and winter-flowering properties, which are critical Huihui Cheng contributed equally for its successful sexual reproduction. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying to this work. 3National Key Laboratory of Crop these traits are largely unknown in this species. In addition, wintersweet is also a typical Genetic Improvement, Huazhong representative species of the magnoliids, where the phylogenetic position of which Agricultural University, Wuhan, relative to eudicots and monocots has not been conclusively resolved. Hubei 430070, People’s Republic of China Results: Here, we present a chromosome-level wintersweet genome assembly with a 1Key Laboratory of Horticultural total size of 695.36 Mb and a draft genome assembly of Calycanthus chinensis. Plant Biology, Ministry of Education, Huazhong Agricultural University, Phylogenetic analyses of 17 representative angiosperm genomes suggest that Wuhan, Hubei 430070, People’s Magnoliids and eudicots are sister to monocots. Whole-genome duplication Republic of China signatures reveal two major duplication events in the evolutionary history of the 6Southwest Engineering Technology and Research Center of wintersweet genome, with an ancient one shared by Laurales, and a more recent Landscape Architecture, State one shared by the Calycantaceae. -
Annual Benefit Plant Sale 2012
Annual Benefit Plant Sale 2012 Botanic Gardens COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE & NATURAL RESOURCES Connect to nature Get inspired by wildflowers, naturalistic gardening and meadows in a whole new way with our seasonal garden tours. Enjoy an art class in the garden or learn about native plant gardening, conservation, and habitats by taking one of our classes. And if you can’t visit us, enroll in our new online distance learning program, Mt. Cuba Center Connect. Visit www.mtcubacenter.org to reserve a tour or sign up for a class. Two-Hour Guided Tours | $5 per person Spring Wildflower Tours April 12th – May 27th Summer Twilight Tours May 30th – July 26th 8th Annual Wildflower Celebration |Free th April 29 , 10am – 4pm Purple pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea) Greenville, DE P: 302.239.4244 www.mtcubacenter.org INSPIRATION x EDUCATION x CONSERVATION 2 2012 SPRING PLANT SALE CATALOG WEBSITE: http://ag.udel.edu/udbg/events/annualsale.html WELCOME We welcome you to the twentieth annual UDBG benefit plant sale. In addition to its role as the major source of funding for the UDBG, 2012 BENEFIT PLANT SALE CATALOG we hope it also serves as a major educational event for our members and the public. It presents an opportunity to learn about new plants and consider possibilities. We should always look for ways to expand and improve our knowledge about plants and this catalog offers possibilities to accomplish both. As always, we offer an in- depth look at a particular group of plants, this year the genus Camellia. The selection goes beyond offering various cultivars with differing flower color, to a more extensive exploration of the genus with particular emphasis on hardy selections and new hybrids Camellia ‘Autumn Spirit’.