ADDITIONS TO THE FLORA OF NAGS HEAD WOODS (DARE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA) AND THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA

5 Pages·2002·2.4 MB·English

by  Alexander Krings

2
WOODS
ADDITIONS TO THE FLORA OF NAGS HEAD
NORTH
(DARE COUNTY, CAROLINA)
AND THE OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Alexander
Krings
North Carolina State University
Raieigh.NC 27695-761
[email protected]
The Nags Head Woods Dare Co comprises
Ecological Pi esci ve (Kill Devil Hills
)
one of the best remaining examples mid-Atlantic mai itime deciduous forest
ot
&
(Schafale Weakley 1990) and includes an extensive system of dunes,
interdunal ponds, and wetlands. Recent progress toward a flora of the preserve
provided a checklist of vouchered collections housed at the herbarium of the
National Park Service Cape Hatteras National Seashore Unit (CAHA), Manteo,
North Carolina (Krings 2002). Although not listed in either the Index
CAHA
Herhariorum (Holmgren et al. 1990) or Aulbach-Smith et al. (1986), con-
The
North
stitutes a valuable resource of Carolina barrier island collections.
(NHWEP)
Woods
from Nags Head housed
collections the Ecological Preserve
CAHA
members Dunes
include material collected by various of the of Dare
at
Garden Club, McCaffrey, as well as Stalter and Lamont (1997). This study pre-
sents new additions to the flora of the preserve and the larger Outer Banks (sensu
&
Lamont from by author and
Stalter 1997), resulting recent collections the
preserve
staff.
METHODS
The was compiled based on collections by the author and preserve
list field
.
RESULTS
NHWEP
new
below
Species at the listed include additions to the flora, as well
as species previously reported but not vouchered by Blonder and Stalter (1992)
and Lamont name
or Stalter (1997). Asterisks preceding a scientific indicate that
NHWEP
new
taxon to be a addition to the flora of not previously reported
(i.e.,
by Blonder and Stalter (1992) or not specifically reported the preserve by
for
and Lamont
Stalter (1997)).
The includes 89 34 (38%) which have not been previously
species, of
list
reported for the preserve, and 5 (-6%) of which have not been reported for the
Outer Banks not Burk Blonder and
listed in either (1961), Stalter (1992), or
(i.e.,
and Lamont
Stalter
(1997)).
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*Hemerocoilis fulva (L L Krings 451 (NCSC)
)
ASPLENIACEAE
ORCHIDACEAE
*Asplenium platyneuron Krings 450
BSP.,
(L.)
Cypnpedium
acaule Alton, Krings 471 (NCSC)
(NCSC)
POACEAE
OSMUNDACEAE
Arundinaria Knngs 54 (NCSC)
Osmundaclnnamomec {NCSQ tecta Walt.,
534
L, Krings 1
1
*Erianthus gigariteus (Walt.) Muhl., Krings 559
Osmundaregalisi.yars
pectobilis iWiWd.) A.Gray.
(NCSC)
Knngs 538 (NCSC)
Qlyceria septentrionalis Hltchc, 56/ (NCSC)
/(r/ngs
Gymnospermae
Panicunn annorum 558 (NCSC)
Krings
Elliott,
CUPRESSACEAE
Phragmites ex Knngs
australis (Cav.) Trin. Steud.,
Juniperus virginiana L, Krings 373 (NCSC)
520 (NCSC)
PINACEAE
'Setaria geniculata Beauv., Krings 52 (NCSC)
P.
1
magna
Pinus palustris Mill., Krings 563 (NCSC) *Setario Griseb., Krings 544 (NCSC)
Pinustaedal.,Knngs56 (NCSC)
4
SMILACACEAE
Smilax glauca Walter, Knngs 465 (NCSC); Krings
TaxodiumdistichumiL) (NCSC)
Rich.. A4cC«//s.n.
*Smilax Morong, 525 (NCSC)
smallii Krings
Angiospermae
Monocotyledonae
CYPERACEAE
Dicotyledonae
ACERACEAE
Acer rubrum Knngs 377 (NCSC)
L,
ANACARDIACEAE
Rhus copallina L, Krings 514 (NCSC)
APIACEAE
Centella erecta Fern., Krings 562 (NCSC)
(L.f.)
vomi ono
ex on, rings
i
^^^^^^
AR ACEAE
ALI
*Tnfolium arvense L, Krlngs 458 (NCSC)
Araliaspinosa L,Knngs463 (NCSC)
W/sfer/a s/nens/s (Sims) Sweet, R.Par/ss.n, (NCSC)
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
FAGACEAE
{HCSQ
*Anstolochia serpentaria L, Krings 517 Quercus falcata M\chx., Krings 537 (NCSC)
ASTERACEAE *Quercus hemisphaerica W.Bartr.ex \N\\\d.,Knngs
(NCSC)
5
*Achillea millefolium L, Krings 543 (NCSC) 18
Quercus Wangenh., 516 (NCSC)
stellata Krings
Carduus spinosissimus Walter, Krings 466 (NCSC)
(NCSC)
^Geranium carolinianum L, Krings 477 (NCSC)
HAMAMELIDACEAE
ZTaZptcZfatug":'^^^^^^^^^^
Knngs 464 (NCSC)
/./<7Ufdamfaar 5fyrac/f/uo
L.,
Iva frutescens Krings 55 (NCSC)
L.,
1
LAMIACEAE
BETULACEAE
TeucnumcanodenseL, (NCSC)
Krings 526
374
Ostrya v,rg,n,ana Koch., Kr,ngs
Mill.) K.
(P.
LAURACEAE
(NCSC)
Sassafras albidum (Nut Knngs 380 (NCSC)
ACEAE
BRASSIC
LOGANIAACCEEAAEE
389 (NCSC)
lirsuta L, Krings
idium virginlcum L, Krings 530 (NCSC)
(NCSC)
Knngs 523 (NCSC)
CAPRIFOUACEAE
MORACEAE
Lonicera japonica Thunb, ex Murray, Krings 472
(NCSC) Moras rubra Knngs 475 (NCSC)
L,
Lonicera sempervirens Krings 535 (NCSC)
L,
mYRICACEAE
CELASTRACEAE
Myrica Knngs 387 (NCSC)
cerifera L,
*Celastrus orbiculaWs Thunb., Krings 532 (NCSC)
qNAGRACEAE
CISTACEAE ^Oenothera Knngs 455
laciniata
Hill,
(
JCSQ
OXALIDACEAE
CONVOLVULACEAE
sepium 527 (NCSC)
Calystegia Krings
(L.) R.Br.,
pASSIFLORACEAE
CORNACEAE
529 (NCSC)
*Passiflora lutea L, Krings
Xomus
stncta Lam., Krings 536 (NCSC)
PLANTAGINACEAE
iHCSQ
Cornus Knngs 486
florida L.
^PlantagohookerianaF^sch.&CAMey...
EUPHORBI ACEAE Gray) Poe, Knngs 454 (NCSC)
(A.
Crvdoscolusstimulosus (Michx.) Engelm,& A.Gray, *Plantago psyllium L, Knngs 457 (NCSC)
Kf/ngs 462 (NCSC)
POLYGON ACEAE
PYROLACEAE SAURURACEAE
Chimaphila maculata Pursh, Krings 372 Saururus cernuus Knngs 405 (NCSQ
(L.) L.
(NCSQ
SCROPHULARIACEAE
ROSACEAE
*Bacopa monnien 528 (NCSC)
Pennell, Kr/ngs
(L.)
Amelanchier canadensis Medic, Krings 375 *Linaria canadensis Dum. Cours., McCall
(L.) (L.) s.n.
38UNCSQ
(NCSQ:
Krings (NCSC)
Rosa paiustris Marshall Krings 406 (NCSC)
SOLANACEAE
,
Rubus Michx., Krings 476 (NCSC);
trivialis Paris
/?.
(NCSQ
s.nANCSCy.Krmgs 542
VERBENACEAE
RUBIACEAE
Cephalanthus L,Krings410 (NCSC)
occidentalis
VIOLACEAE
Galium hispidulum 370 (NCSC)
Michx.,
/(rings
(NCSC)
*Ga//um obrusum Bigelow, Knngs 5 9 (NCSC) *Viola sororia Willd., Paris s.n.
1
Mitchella repens L. Krings 484 (NCSC) VITACEAE
Ampelopsis arborea Koehne, Knngs 407
SALICACEAE
(L.)
(NCSC)
468 (NCSC)
DISCUSSION
Table species apparently discovered the tim
1 lists for first
or rediscovered after not having been seen by Stalter
ai
find of Aristolochia serpentaria (Aristolochiaceae)
is
though
not altogether surprising as generally asso
it is
ciduous forests (Radford et 1968). As few examples of maritime deciduous
al,
remain North Carolma, remains due
forests in the species likely rare to habitat
common
availability on the Outer Banks. Although relatively in the North Caro-
uremhas
lina Coastal Plain, Tragia been previously reported the Outer Banks
for
only by Burk (1961). Stalter and Lament (1997) did not mention the taxon and
unknown
presumably did not observe remains whether taxon
the persists
it. It
on Bogue Banks as reported by Burk Celastrus orhiculatus and Pueraria
(1961).
var montana have been weeds concern and
lohata of to the preserve staff ef-
underway
forts are to severely control, not eradicate, them from the
if site.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
thank the Nature Conservancy access the preserve and Aaron McCall,
for to
I
Rhana and
Pans, DeBlieu thoughtful conversations and
Jeff for collection help.
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