VASCULAR PLANTS NEW TO KANSAS

12 Pages·1998·5.7 MB·English

by  Craig C Freeman

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VASCULARPLANTS NEWTO KANSAS
CRAIGC.FREEMAN,[email protected]
RONALD MCGREGOR
L.
CALEBA.MORSE,[email protected]
R.L.McGregorHerbarium,DivisionofBotany
NaturalHistoryMuseumandBiodiversityResearchCenter
UniversityofKansas,2045ConstantAvenue
Lawrence,KS66047-3729, U.S.A.
Recentfieldandherbariumstudieshaveyielded37vascularplanttaxapre-
viouslyundocumentedinKansas. Seventeenoftheseareintroducedand
naturalized;theothersareconsiderednativetoKansas.Notesaboutthese
taxaareprovidedtoupdatedistributiondatacontainedintheAtlasofthe
FloraoftheGreatPlains(1977)andtheFloraoftheGreatPlains(1991)and
tomakethesedatamorewidelyavailabletobotanistsworkingontheFlora
ofNorthAmericaproject.AllvoucherspecimensaredepositedintheR.L.
McGregorHerbarium (KANU), UniversityofKansas, unlessotherwise
indicated.
Acalyphadeamii(Weath.)H.E.Ahles(Euphorbiaceae). Acalyphadeamii
occursatscatteredlocalitiesfromtheOhioRivervalleywesttoKansas.It
typicallygrowsinfloodplainforestsalongriversandstreams.GeoffreyA.
Levin,IllinoisNaturalHistorySurvey,discoveredasinglesheetamongKANU
specimenso^AcalyphawhileannotatingmaterialfortheFloraofNorthAmerica
projectin1995.Thecollectionsite,inChaseCounty,wasvisitedin 1995
butnoA.deamiiy^-ASfound.Apopulationofseveraldozenplantswasdis-
coveredthefollowingyearineast-centralShawneeCo.
Voucherspecimens:KANSAS.ChaseCo.:CottonwoodTails,6.5miS,woodedarea
alongRockCrWeek,moist,richsoil, 12Sep 1975,Stephens88044.ShawneeCo.:'1M2S,
R16E,sec1, 1/2,Tecumseh,0.5miS,0.5miW,elev880-920ft,floodplainforest
withscatteredlimestoneoutcropsalongStinsonCreekbetweenUS40&1-70,27Aug
1996,Freeman8172.
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Alyssumdesertorum Stapfvan desertorum (Brassicaceae). Thissmall,
introducedannualisaninnocuousrangeweedthroughoutmuchofthe
westernU.S.(Rollins1993).InthenorthernGreatPlainsitisencountered
ondisturbedprairies,alongroadsides,andinwasteplaces,especiallyinthe
HighPlains(GreatPlainsFloraAssociation1991).Asinglepopulationwas
discoveredinnorthwestKansas,whereplantsoccupyacemeteryandshoulder
ofanadjacentgravelroad.
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Voucherspecimen:KANSAS.ThomasCo.:T7S,R32W,sec28,NW1/4,NW1/4,
Gem,0.25miSW,GemCemetery,elev3090ft,mowed,uphmdcemeterywithsomeremnant
shortgrassprairie,24Apr1996,Freeman7939. —
Amaranthuscalifornicus (Moq.) S. Watson (Amaraiithaceae). Anum-
berofsheetsofthisspeciesrecentlywerediscoveredamongKANUspeci-
mensidentifiedasA. blitoidesS.Watson.Amaranthuscalifornicuscanbe
mm
distinguishedfromy4. blitoidcshyitssmallerseeds(0.8-1.1 diameter
vs 1.2-1.7mmdiameter)andfewer(1-3vs.4-5),scabrous,pistillatese-
pals(Henrickson 1993).Californiapigweedisawidespreadnativeinthe
westernU.S.andfirstwasreported in theGreatPlainsbasedon a 1995
collection from DawesCo.,Nebraska,bySteveRolfsmeier.Wealsohave
vouchersfromSouthDakota(ShannonCo.)andTexas(DeafSmith,Gray,
andParmercos.)
Voucherspecimens:KANSAS.BartonCo.:GreatBend,7miNil,areaofCheyenne
Bottoms,alongdrypondshore,15Aug1977,McChrgor30538.MortonCo.:Elkhart,6
miN,3miW,edgeofdriedpool,13Aug1982,McGregor33603.RushCo.:Bison,1 mi
S,bankofSandCreek,15Aug1977,McGregor30541.ShermanCo.:Goodland,9miS,
3miW,ShermanC:ountyLake,alonglakeshore,15Aug1983,McGregor34742.
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AntennariaparvifoiiaNurt.(Asteraceae). Small-leafpussys-toesisacommon,
widespread,springephemeralinthenorthernandcentralGreatPlains(Great
PlainsFloraAssociation 1991).Earliercollectionsdocumentitsrangein
thecentralGreatPlainssouthtothenearthenorthborderofKansas.The
speciesisaddedtotheKansasflorabasedontwocollectionsh'omthenorthwest
parVtouocfhetrhespsetcaitmee.ns:KANSAS.NortonCo.:T5S,R24W,sec23,SE1/4,SE1/4,NW
1/4,Lcnora,SEedgeoftowninLenoraCemetery,elev2310-2320ft,hillaboveLostCreek,
gorvaesrsloproakiirnigevtehgeetfaltoioodnp,hi8inMaoyft1h9e97N,orFtrheeFmoarnk8S7o86l;omIo'5nS,RiRv2er2,W,sitseecwi8t,hWre1m/n2,anNtWmi1x/e4d,
NetEery1/E4,ofEddrmaowndd,om1inmaiteNd,bEydmmioxneddCgreamsesteprrayi,riee,le8vM22a2y01f9t,97l,eveFlr,euepmlaannd8,79m5o.wedcem-
Arabishirsuta(L.)Scop.var.adpressipilis(M.Hopkins)Rollins(Brassicaceae).
Twovarietiesofhairyrockcrcss occurintheGreat Plains.Arabishirsuta
y\x.pycnocarpa(M.Hiopkins)Rollinshastrichomesonthestemspreading
andunbranchedandoccursthroughoutthenorthernGreatPlainssouth-
ward intocentralKansas.Varietyadpressipilis,withappressedandforked
stemtrichomes,barelyentersthesoutheasternGreatPlains.Itisthecom-
monvarietythroughoutMissouri(Steyermark1977)andoccursinextreme
southeastKansasatasinglelocality.
Voucherspecimen:KANSAS.CherokeeCo.:T34S,R25E,sec35,NW1/4,NE1/4&
NE1/4,NW1/4,jetUS166&KS26,1.5miN,SchermerhornPark,elev830-900ft,
rocky,oak-hickoryforestonbluffsanduplandsNolShoalCreek,scatteredalongcreekin
NWpartofpark,'23Apr1992,Freeman4323.
Armoracialacustris(A.Gray)Al-Shehbaz&V.M.Bates(Brassicaceae).
Al-ShehbazandBates(1987) mappedthedistributionolthisaquaticpe-
Frel;mane:al.,PlantsnewtoKansas 595
rennialthroughouttheGreatLakesregion,Midwest,lowerMississippiRiver
valley,andatotherwidelyscatteredsitesintheeasternU.S.Apopulation
discoveredinsoutheastKansasextendsthewesternrangeofthespeciesroughly
30kilometers.Unfortunately,itwasdestroyedbyconstructionactivityshortly
afteritwasdiscovered.
Voucherspecimen:KANSAS.NeoshoCo.:justSofSouthMoundinshallowbodyof
waterbyroadnearrailroad,25Jun1995,Holland8358.
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Asterlateriflorus (L.) Britton var. lateriflorus (Asteraceae). Thisaster
erroneouslyhasbeenattributedtoKansas(Gates1940;GreatPlainsFlora
Association1991;Gleason&Cronquist1991)basedonmisidentifiedspecimens
ofy^. ontarionisWiegand. Itisfairlycommoninmesicforestandwood-
landsinMissouri(Steyermark1977),andapopulationdiscoveredduring
recentfieldstudiesinnortheastKansasconfirmsthespeciesoccursinKansas.
VoucherspecimerT:KANSAS.LeavenworthCo.:'r8S,R22E,sec15,SE1/4,Ft.Leavenworth
MilitaryReservadon,W-centralpart,slopesESEofWagnerPoint,elev900-1050ft,mesic,
oak-hickory-maple-basswoodforestandsmall,xcric,tallgrassprairieremnaiitsonridgeE
ofSheridanDrive,3Oct1995,Freeman7808.
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AtriplexprostrataBoucherexDC.(Chenopodiaceae). Anexamination
o^YJKNXJArtriplexspecimensbySteveRolfsmeier,UniversityofNebraska,
revealedA.prostrata,anintroduced,Europeanannualpreviouslyundocu-
mentedinKansas. KansasspecimensallhadbeenmistakenforA.patula
L.,whichappearstoberareintheGreatPlains.
BotVtooumcsh,erposoplec3i,mdernys,:flKatA,NeSxpAoSs.edB,avretgoentaCtoi.o:nTslpa8rSs,e,R1182JWu,ls1e9c895,,NBrWook1s/41,7S5W431&/4,LCahnesyhemnann.e
EdwardsCo.:Kinsley,2miE^,floodplainofArkansasRiver,wet,sandysoil,5Oct1972,
Stephens63220.FordCo.:DodgeCity,5miE,lowbankofArkansasRiver,moist,sandy
soil,18Sep1973,Stephens73993.GrayCo.:Cimarron,0.5miS,bankofArkansasRiver,
brushy,weedy,moist,sandysoil,4Aug1971,Stephens50414.KearnyCo.:Lakin,4mi
NE,drybottomofLakeMcKinney,sandy,siltysoil,10Aug1975,Stephens87379.
BerberisthunbergiiDC.(Berberidaceae).—^Japanesebarberryiscultivated
widelyasahedgeplantandornamental.Duringrecentfieldsurveysofthe
Ft.LeavenworthMilitaryReservationinnortheastKansas,widelyscattered
plantswereencounteredinopenwoodsandmesicforests.
Voucherspecimens:KANSAS.LeavenworthCo.:T8S,R22E,sec15,SF^1/4,Ft.Leavenworth
MilitaryReservation,W-centralpart,elev900-1050ft,mesic,upland,oak-hickory-maple-
basswoodforestonslopesSEofWignerPoint,steepdrawswithfewlimestoneoutcrops,
18May1995,Freeman7132\T8S.R22E,secW23,SE1/4,Ft.LeavenworthMilitaryRes-
ervation,SEcorneralongCorralCreek,Eand alongGrantAve.,elev770-800ft,open
banksofcreekandwoodedriparianareaimmediatelyWofGrantAve.,12Oct1995,Freeman
7867.
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BromusnottowayanusFernald(Poaceae). Nottowaybromegrowsinmesic
forestsfromsouthernQuebecsouthtonorthernGeorgiaandeasttoeast-
ernTexas (Pavlick 1995).ItmaybeconfusedwithB.pubescensMuhl.ex
Willd.,fromwhich itisdistinguishedbyitssericeous lowerleafsheaths
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596 Sii)Al8(2)
anddenselypilosecollars.Apopulationof5.nottowayanusdiscoveredin
northeastKansasextendsitsrangewestwardfromMissouri.Atthesite,it
growsin closeproximitywith B.pubescens. However, B. nottowayanusis
strictlyconfinedtothenarrowfloodplainofasmall,upland,intermittent
stream inmesic, oak-hickoryforest,whereasB.pubescensis much more
widespread,occupyinggentleslopesandridgesthroughouttheforest.
Voucherspecimen:KANSAS. LeavenworthCo.:T8S, R22K,sec 11,NW 1/4,ht.
LeuvenvvorthMilitaryReservation,centralpartHNKofHancockI[illatI'ortdeCavaginal
PicnicArea,elev860-1000Ft,mesictodry-mesic,oak-hickoryhirestonhillsandhhiffs
aboveMissoin-iRiver,21 Jul1995,Freeman7448. —
Calibrachoaparviflora(Juss.)D'Arcy(Solanaceae). Streamsidepetunia
isaprostrateannual known tooccurthroughoutthesouthern U.S. and
tropiccilAmerica(Correll&Johnston1970;Nee1993),withhistoriciilcollections
northtoOregon(Halse1996).Alargepopulationwasdiscoveredincen-
tral Kansaswhereitoccursinseasonallywetbasins.Thisisthenorthern-
mostlocalitylorthespeciesintheGreatPlains.Itispossiblethatthisspe-
cieshasbeenoverlookedintheGreatPlainsduetotheephemeral nature
olitshabitat.
Voucherspecimen:KANSAS.BartonCo.:T18S,Rl2W,sec7,SW1/4&sec8,E1/2,
Hoisington,2miS,5miW,CheyenneBottomsNatureConservancyReserve,nearRush
Lake,elev1960h,barren,ciiybasinsingrazed,seasonallywet,I\iscofiyrum-Dist:ichlisgnissla.nd,
soilclayey,17Jtm1997,Morse15ti6crtaring. —
ChenopodiumpumilioR.Br.(Chenopodiaceae). Ridgedgoosefootisan
annualplantnativetoAustraliaandreportedovermuchoftheeasternU.S.,
southeasternOklahoma,muchofTexas,andontheWestCoast(Gleason
&Cronquist1991;Hatchetal.1990;Wilken1993).AcentrtilKansascollection
extendsitsrangesome270kilometerswestwardfromMissouri.
Voucherspecimen:KANSAS.RenoCo.:T22S,R7W,sec10,NE1/4,Nickerson,9011
NRiveruinRd.,commoninfarmyard, 1 Sep199—2,Fosters.ii.
DigitalislanataEhrh.(Scrophulariaccae). Grecianfoxgloveisabiennial
orperennialsometimesgrownasanornamentalorcultivatedforthepro-
ductionoldigitalis,adrugusedasacardiacstimtilant(Moe&Farah1975).
ItisanativeoftheBalkanPeninstila,Hungary,andRomania.In 1994it
wasreportedinsotitheastKansasbyalandownerinwhosescrub-oakwoodland
pastureplantswereverycommonandspreadingrapidly.Thisistheonly
reportofthisspeciesnaturalizingandbecomingnoxiousinNorthAmerica.
Since1995,thePlantHealthDivision,KansasDepartmentofAgriculture,
hasbeenattemptingtoeradicatetheplant,ataskmadedifficultbythelarge
seedbankapparentlypresentatthesire.
Voucherspecimens:KANSAS.WilsonCo.:r28S,Rl4L,sec7,SE1/4,SE1/4,Fredonia,
6miN,4miW,sandyscruboakpasture,commonoverca20acres,May1994,Vaughn
s.n.,27Jun1994,McGregor41110&Russe—lL8Jun1995,McGregor41121
DircapalustrisL.(Fhymelaeaceae). Leatherwoodgrowlsonrockyslopes
pRF.r.MANeral.,PlantsnewtoKansas 597
andalongfloodplainsinmesic,deciduousforestsintheeasternU.S.and
southeasternCanada.Athrivingpopulationdiscoveredinextremeeastern
Kansasextendstherangeofthisshrubnearly120kilometerswestwardfrom
centralMissouri(Steyermark1977).Theplantsfirstwerediscoveredaround
1990whenasiteanalysiswasconductedandlanduseplanswerebeing
developedfortheOverlandParkArboretumandBotanicalGardens,which
nowoccupiesthesite.
Voucherspecimen:KANSAS.JohnsonCo.:Tl4S,R24E,sec25,S 1/2,SE1/4&sec
26,N1/2,NE1/4,jetUS69&US169,6miS,1miW,OverlandParkArboretumand
BotanicalCardcns,clev900-1000ft,mesic,oak-hickoryforestonNE-facingslopeSof
WolfCreekandsmalllimestonegladesabovesteeplimestoneoutcrops,8May1998,Free-
man10700.
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ElaeagnusumbellataThunb.(Elaeagnaceae). AutumnoliveisanAsian
speciesplantedintheU.S.asanornamentalandforwildlifehabitat.Scat-
tered,matureplantsoccupyclearingsanddisturbedsitesontheFt.Leavenworth
MilitaryReservationinnortheastKansas.Thefirstcollectionsfromnon-
cultivatedplantsinMissouriweremadeinthelate1980s,butthespecies
isbelievedtobenaturalizedinmostMissouricountiesandisaseriouspest
{Smith 1997).
LeaVvoeuncwhoerrthspMeicliimtearny:RKesAeNrvSaAtiSo.n,LceeantvreanlwpoarrtthENCoE.:ofTH8aSn,coRc2k2EH,illseactE1o1r,tNdeWCav1/a4g,inFatl.
PicnicArea,elev860-1000ft,mesictodry-mcsic,oak-hickoryforestonhillsandbluffs
aboveMissouriRiver,open,disturbedareasalongroadsandtrails,severaldo/.enscattered
shrubs,21Jul1995,Freeman7441.
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ElodeabifoiiataH.St.John(Hydrocharitaceae). Thisaquaticmacrophyte,
whichisnativetopartsoftheGreatPlains,RockyMountains,andPacific
Northwest,isaddedtotheKansasflorabasedonspecimensannotatedin
1995byRobertR. Haynes,UniversityofAlabama.Thethreespecimens
originallywereidentifiedasE.nuttallit(Planch.)H.St.John,anothermember
ofthegenusthatoccursinafew,scatteredlocalitiesinthestate.
Voucherspecimens:KANSAS.CheyenneCo.:St.Francis,9miSW,smallseepagefeed
poolalongRepublicanRiverbeneathcountyroadbridge,5Aug1980,Brooks14822;St.
Francis,4miSW,poolinSouthForkRepublicanRiver,15Oct1980,McGregor32079;
St.Francis,3.5miSW,poolalongSouthForkRepublicanRiver,16Aug1983,McGre'2;or
34761.
Eragrostis—pectinacea (Michx.) Neesvar. miserrima (E. Fourn.) Reeder
(Poaceae). Thisvariety(asE.tephrosanthosSchult.)wasincludedinsyn-
onymyintheFloraoftheGreatPlains(GreatPlainsFloraAssociation1991).
However,followingReeder's(1986)treatmentofthespecies,wehavevouchers
forvar.miserrimafromthefollowingeasternKansascounties:Allen,Anderson,
Bourbon,Coffey,Douglas,Franklin,Jefferson,Labette,Leavenworth,Linn,
Lyon, Marion,Miami,Morris,Osage,Shawnee,Wilson, andWoodson.
TherangewidedistributionofthisvarietyisfromFloridaandthesouthern
GulfCoastwesttosoutheasternArizonaandsouththroughMexico,Cen-
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598 Sii)Al8(2)
tralAmerica,andtheWestIndies{Koch 1974).\fds\ctYpectinacea,which
iswidespread in theU.S.,Mexico,andCentralAmerica(Koch 1974),is
commonstatewide.
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Euonymusfortunei(Turcz.)Hand.-Mazz.(Celastraceae). Thisclimbing
shrub isafrequentlyplantedornamental ineastern Kansas. Large,well-
established,naturalizedpopulationsalongtheMissouriandWakarusaRivers
ineastern Kansas recentlyhavecometootirattention.Atthesesites, E.
fortuneiformsdense,spreadingcarpetsintheunderstoiyofdisturbedfloodplain
forests.ThisspecieshasbeenseenatnumerousothersitesineasternKan-
sas, mostofwhichhavenotbeendocumentedbyvouchers.Thevarietal
statusoftheseplantshasnotbeendetermined.
Voucherspecimens;CherokeeCo.:T35S,R35K,sec1,SE1/4,NE1/4,BaxterSprings,
Eside,KiwanisPark,elev200m,weedybottomlandforestalongSpringRiver,30Aug
1998,Morse2723.DouglasCo.:UniversityofKansasWestCampus,woodlandwestof
BridwellLab,undisturbedforover50year's, 16Oct1995,McGregor41197A,41197B.
LeavenworthCo.: ISS,R22E,secW23,SE1/4,Ft.LeavenworthMihtaryReservation,SE
csieaocnrna3e,rreNaailWomnmge1d/C4io,artrSeaElly1CW/r4e,eoAkfr,GlErinaagntntodnA,ve0,.o51f2GmrOiacntNt,1A90v9.e57,,5oFmprieeneWmb,aannelk7es8v6o81f.5c9rR0eeenfkto,asnCaodn.dw:yo,To2sd5peSrd,inRrgi-8prWaur,n-
belowaspring-ledpondontheSsideoftheNorthForkNinnescahRiver,trunksoflarg-
estvines30-40cmindiameter,othersmallervinesscatteredF^ofpond,13Jul1997,Free-
man8889.
EupatoriumpurpureumL.var.holzingeri(Rydb.)E.Lamont(Asteraceae).^
Lamont(1990; 1995) distinguished twovarietiesofwidespreadEupato-
riumpurpureumbasedonleafpubescence.Vinetypurpureumhasglabrous
ornearlyglabrousabaxialleafsurfacesandoccursthroughoutmostofthe
rangeofthespecies. Invar. holzingeri, theabaxial leafsurface isdensely
andpersistentlypuberulenttovillose.ThisvarietyoccurslargelyintheMidwest
andeasternGreatPlains.AnexaminationofspecimensatKANUreveals
bothvarietiesarepresentinKansas,withy^iV.purpureumdocumentedonly
fromCherokeeCo.Wehavevouchersforvar.holzingeri(Rydb.)E.Lamont
fromthefollowing21counties;Allen,Anderson,Atchison,Bourbon,Cherokee,
Coffey,Crawford,Doniphan,Douglas,Franklin,Jefferson,Johnson,Labette,
Linn, Leavenworth, Miami, Neosho, Osage, Shawnee, Woodson, and
Wyandotte.
Leptochloauninervia (J. Presl) Hitchc. & Chase (Poaceae).—Mexican
sprangletopisaddedtotheKansasflorabasedonasinglespecimenanno-
tatedin1990byNeilSnow,WashingtonUniversity.ThisistheonlyGreat
Plainsrecordofthisgrass,whichgenerallyrangesfromsouthernLexassouth
into(xMitralandSouthAmerica(Goulci 1975).
Voucherspecimen:KANSAS.RiceCo.:'J^IS,R9W,sec21,NE1/4,SW1/4,Alden,
2.75niiS,SsideofArkansasRiver,sandyriverfloodplain,open, 14Sep 1983,Brooks
17036.
Freemanetal..PlantsnewtoKansas 599
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LespedezabicolorTurcz. (Fabaceae). Thisperenniallegumewasintro-
duced fromAsiaandnowisnaturalizedthroughoutmuchofthesouth-
easternU.S. (Isely1990).Asmall,persistentpopulationfoundineastern
Kansasextendstherangeofthespecies morethan 300kilometers from
localitiesineasternMissouri(Miihlenbach 1979)andnorthernArkansas
(Smith 1988).
Voucherspecimen:KANSAS.DouglasCo.:T13S,R18E,sec8,N1/2,SEl/4,Wside
ofClintonReservoir,WoodridgePublicUseArea,elev1000-1010ft,weedy,annually
mowed,reseededtallgrassprairie,scatteredwetdepressions,16Sep1996,Morse1077,9
Oct1996,A/ow1109.
Loeflingiasquarros—aNutt. subsp. texana(Hook.) Barneby&Twisselm.
(Caryophyllaceae). Thisdiminutive, nativeannualgrows insandysoil
fromeast-centralTexasnorthtonorth-centralOklahoma,withwidelydis-
junctpopulationsinDawesCo.,Nebraska(Barneby&Twisselmann1970)
andWestonCo.,Wyoming(Hartmanetal. 1985).Smyth(1898)reported
itfromWichitaCo.,Kansas,butnovoucherhasbeenlocated.Thediscov-
eryofapopulationinsouthwestKansassupportsitsinclusioninthestate's
flora.
Voucherspecimen:KANSAS.ClarkCo.:134S,R23W,sec35,S1/2,Ashland,11mi
S,0.5miW,DunneRanch,SEpart,elev1850-1870ft,sandy,mixedgrassprairieonS
sideoftheCimarronRiver,28Apr1998,Freeman10588.
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Lupinusargenteus Purshvar. argenteus (Fabaceae). Silverylupineisa
commonspeciesonrocky,mixedgrassandshortgrassprairiesthroughout
theHighPlains (GreatPlainsFloraAssociation 1977, 1991).Apopula-
tionfoundinnorthwestKansasisnearly200kilometersfromthenearest
locationsinwesternNebraskaandeasternColorado.
Voucherspecimens:KANSAS.RawlinsCo.:T5S,R35W,sec7,E1/2&sec8,W1/2,
McDonald,ca11miS,6miE,N-StrendingdrawontheSsideofBeaverCreek,Eofthe
DeweyRanch,elev3200-3300ft,grazed,upland,shortgrassprairieandrockyslopesbe-
lmoawno3u5tc2r2op&soBfrotohkes.OgallalaFormation,20Jun1990,Freeman3135,30May1991,Free-
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Maluscoronaria(L.)Mill.var.coronaria(Rosaceae). Wildcrabappleis
alowshruborsmalltreeofthicketsandwoodsinthenortheasternU.S.
(Gleason&Cronquist1991).Asmall,presumablynativepopulationwas
discoveredinextremeeastern Kansas.Thisspecieshasbeendocumented
inscatteredcountiesinMissouri(Steyermark1977),includingJacksonand
Clay,whicharejusteastoftheKansaslocality.
Voucherspecimen:KANSAS.WyandotteCo.:TlIS,R25E,sec34,NW1/4,Rocland
Park,Nsideoftown,RosedalePark,elev850-950ft,open,oak-hickoryforestonpre-
dominantlyN-facingslopesSofTurkeyCreek,forestslightlytomoderatelydisturbed,4
May1998,Freeman10698.
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MalusfloribundaSieboldexVanHoutte(Rosaceae). Thishandsome,non-
native,ornamentaltreeiscultivatedwidelyineasternKansas.Itisadded
600 SinA]8(2)
totheflorabasedonacollectionfromtheeast-centralpartofthestate.
Voucherspecimen:KANSAS.DouglasCo.:UniversityofKansasWestCampus,brtishy
woodlandSWofgreenhouse,areaoriginallyanopenwoodedpasture,undisturbedfor45
years,7Apr1993,McGregor41140.
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Paspalumdissectum(L.)L.(Poaceae). Thismat-forminggrassgrowsalong
muddystreambanks,ditches, and themarginsofpondsinthesoutheast
U.S.andinCuba(Gould 1975;Steyermark1977).Populationsinsouth-
eastKansasextendtherangeofthespecieswestward 120kilometersfrom
thenearestMissourisites(Steyermark 1977).
Voucherspecimens:KANSAS.WoodsonCo.:TIGS,R14E,sec11,WoodsonCounty
sSetcate15L,aSkeW,o1n/4d,rYyarleaskeCsehnotreer,flcatas,0.c2o5mmmionS,W,13moOicstt1a9re8a8,inMcdrGariengeodrl3a9ke79b3e\d,T225SSe,pR1l9953E,,
McGregor41064.
Polygonuni ce—spitosum Blume var. longisetum (Bruijn) Steward
(Polygonaceae). Thisintroduced,Asianannualhasbeenreportedfrom
severallocalitiesalongtheMissouriRiverinIowaandNebraska(GreatPlains
FloraAssociation 1991).MitchellandDean(1978)reportthespecieshas
spreadrapitilyintheU.S.sincethe1940s.Inrecentyears,populationsin
twonortheastKansascountieshavecometoourattention.In1998,itwas
observedtobeanabundantweed inpotsandon thegroimdsolaplant
nurseryinDouglasCounty,Kansas.
Voucherspecimens:KANSAS.DouglasCo.:Lawrence,LofHeatherwoodDrive,100
mMmeinlNtist,War2y3ofROecsHteera1v9ta9ht6ie,orKnwa,odeoE^d-rlcyean1nt5dr.aL2le2apnvadretn,SwtoMrreidestis,oCudor.ii:stTuR8riSbv,eedrR2af3rlEeo,aodsbpelecahi1in8n,,dN1SWhmai1n/En4,oNLntE.PLolefaazvSaeneAwpnoadrrttoh-f
ShermanArmyAirfield,elev765ft,open,siltyriverbankandniesic,floodplainforest,3
Oct1995,Freenum7775^;T8S,R22E,sec2W3,SE1/4,Ft.LeavenworthMilitaryReserva-
tion,SEcorneralongCorralCreek,WEand ofCrantAvenue,openbanksofcreekand
woodedriparianareaimmediately ofCrantAvenue,12Oct1995,Freeman7864.
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RhamnuscatharticaL. (Rhamnaceae). CommonbuckthornisaEuro-
peanshruborsmalltreecultivatedintheU.S.asahedgeplant.Irhasbe-
comenaturalizedandoccasionallyweedyinpartsoftheeasternU.S.and
southernCanada(Elias1980;Smith1997).Scattered,smalltreeswerediscovered
inaciisturbeciforestinextremeeasternKansas.
Voucherspecimen:KANSAS.WyandotteCo.:\\IS,R25E,sec34,NW1/4,Roeland
Park,Nsideoftown,RosedalePark,elev850—950ft,open,oak-hickoryforestonpre-
dominantlyN-facingslopesSofTm-keyC4-eek,4May1998.FrecDtan106i77—.
Schoenoplectus californicus (C.A. Mey.) Sojak(Cyperaccae). A single
specimenofCaliforniabulrushwasdiscoveredamongKANUspecimens
o'tSchoenoplectus in 1993 byS. Galen Smith, UniversityofWisconsin-
Whitewater,whilehewasannotatingspecimensfortheFloraofNorthAmerica
project.Asfarasweareaware,thisistheonlyrecordofthistaxoninthe
GreatPlains, kdiffersfromothermembersoftheSchoenoplectuslacustris
complex[S.taheriuwniontani(C.C^.Cimel.)Palla,S.acutus(Muhl.exBigelow)
Freemanetal..PlantsnewtoKansas 601
A.Love&D.Love,andS.heterochaetus(Chase)Sojak)inhavingbluntly
trigonousculmsneartheinflorescence,leafbladeslackingorupto2mm
long,strap-likefloralbristles,andsmoothfloralscales.IntheU.S.,Schoenoplectus
californicusisdistributeddiscontinuouslyfromthesouthernAtlanticCoastal
PlainwesttoCalifornia.
Voucherspecimen:KANSAS.BarberCo.:2miSEofSunCity,edgeofcreekbank,4
Aug1959,McGregor14712.
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Shepherdiaargentea(Pursh)Nutt.(Elaeagnaceae). Smyth(1892),Hitchcock
(1899),andGates(1940)listedbuffaloberryinKansas,butvv^eareunable
tolocateavouchersubstantiatingthehistoricaloccurrenceofthisspecies
inthestate.Thisisacommon,widespreadshrubinthenorthernhalfof
theGreatPlains.AsmallpopulationinnorthwestKansasconfirmsitspresence
inKansasandextendsthespecies'rangesouthfromNebraskaroughly40
kilometers.
Voucherspecimen:KANSAS.RawlinsCo.:T4S,R36W,sec32,ca8.5miS,5.5miE
ofMcDonald,SE-trendingcanyonthatjoinsBeaverCreektotheS,elev3100-3160ft,
grazed,upland,shortgrassprairieandcanyonswithextensiveoutcropsottheOgallalaFormation,
r&estrictedtoaca50ydstretchoftheNbankofBeaverCreek,19Sep1990,Freeman3248
Brooks.
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SidarhombifoliaL.(Malvaceae). Nootherreportsofthispantropicalannual,
whichoccurssporadicallyinruderalsitesintheeasternU.S.(FryxeU1985;
Gleason&Cronquist1991),areknownfortheGreatPlains.Whenitwas
collected,thelandownerreportedthepopulationhadbeenpresentatleast
10years.Itisnotknownifthispopulationpersists.
Voucherspecimen:KANSAS.ShawneeCo.:Topeka,backyardofhomeat1916SW
Atwood,lawnweedatedgeofgarden,knownfromthesiteforatleast10years,5Oct
1992,Colemans.n. —
Stellariapallida (Dumort.) Crep. (Caryophyllaceae). Lesserchickweed
firstwasreportedtorNorthAmericabyMorton(1972),whocollectedit
inNorthCarolina.Rabeler(1997)reporteditforTexasandnotedthatit
hadbeenfoundinnearbysoutheasternstates,includingArkansasandTennessee.
Ourfieldandherbariumstudiesrevealthisannualweedoflawnsanddis-
turbedareasoccursin84Kansascounties.Inthepastithasbeenmisidentified
astheubiquitousStellariamedia(L.)Vilk,commonchickweed. Rabeler
(1997)consideredS.pallidatobeaprobablerecentintroduction,butspecimens
indicateithasbeeninKansasatleast67years.Theoldestcollectionswe
haveseenaredepositedattheKansasStateUniversityHerbarium(KSC):
a1931collectionfromLyonCo.anda1946collectionfromCherokeeCo.
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TridensXoklahomensis(Feath.) Feath. (Poaceae). Oklahomatridensis
anaturallyoccurring,sterilehybridbetweenTridensflavus(L.)Hitchc.and
T.strictus(Nutt.) Nash (Crooks&Kucera 1973). Itcurrentlyisknown
fromtwositesinsoutheastKansas,andadditionalfieldstudieslikelywill
602 SinAl8(2)
revealotherpopulationswheretheparentspeciesarcsympatric.
Voucherspecimens:KANSAS.LabetteCo.:I'arsons,nearthearboretum,native-like
area,2Oct1995,Holland8560.NeoshoCo.:St.Paul,1 miN,openpasture,growing
with Tridensstnctm.19Oct1995,Holland8583.
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TrifoliumincarnatumL. (Fabaceae). Recordsofcrimson cloverin the
GreatPlainsarebasedoninh'eqtientescapesfromplantings(GreatPlains
FloraAssociation1991).Thisshowy,Europeanlegumewasfoundatasingle
localityineast-centralKansaswherethelandownerreporrsithaspersisted
foratleasttotu"years.
Vouchersp^ecimcn:KANSAS.DouglasCo.:'n2S,R19K,sec21,E 1/2,SW1/4,jcr
KS 10&US40(WoFLawrence),1.5miN, 1.5miE,elev890-960ft,disturbed,oak-
hickorywoodlandonN-SridgebetweenrwounnamedtributariestoBaldwinCreek,mowed
pathonEsideofridge,5May1998,Freennni10699.
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Veronicabiloba L. (Scrophulariaceae). Iwo-lobe speedwell, an annual
introducedfromwesternAsia,hasbeenreportedintheGreatPlainsfrom
ruderalsitesalongtheFrontRangeoftheRockyMountains((jteatPlains
FloraAssociation 1991)andfromtworecentcollectionsinNebraska.Itis
adciedtotheKansaslistbasedonacollectioninnorth-centralKansas.
Voucherspecimen:KANSAS.OttawaCo:TlIS,R4W,sec1,SE1/4,Minneapolis,S
edgeoftowninMarkleyGrovePark,elev1240ft,woodedfloociplainonSsideolSolomon
River,woodsdominatedbyQi/cirasr/iacroa/rpa,imdersror_\'mostlymoweti,6May1997,
Freeman8675.
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VeronicahederifoliaL.(Scrophulariaceae). Ivy-leafspeedwellisawidely
introduced,Europeanspeciesknownfromthreepreviouscollectionsinthe
GreatPlains:twoinNebraskaandoneinSouthF^akota(GreatPlainsFlora
Association 1977, 1991).PopulationsdiscoveredinLawrence,Kansas,in
1993and1995arepersisting.
theVoUunicvheerrsistpyecoilmKeanns:sasKAcNaSmpAuSs.,WDousgildaesofCoE.m:e4r1y25R,d,Rc1a9E3,0sftecS3o1f,jLetawwrietnhceS,igNmaWNouf
MPlaacye,19d9i3st,urFbreede,maonpe4n7,78w\oo1d4e3dS,,wRe2e0dEy,,sEe-cfa6c,inNgWslo1p/e4,,1N7WAp1r/4,19L9a3w,reFnrceee,maanlle4y7o6nF,W4
sideoflennessecjustSofcornerof16thand lennessee,dominantgroimdcoveralong
alleyandbehindhouseat1627lennessee,24Apr1995,Morse203;ClintonLake,lawn
ofheadquartersoffice,20Apr1997,McGregor41252.FranklinCo.:In(Ottawa,lawnof
citypark,19Apr1997,McGregor41250. —
VeronicapersicaPoir. (Scrophulariaceae). Bird-eyespeedwellisanother
widelyintroduced,EuropeanannualknownfromafewsitesintheGreat
Plains.ItwasinadvertentlyomittedfromtheFloraoftheGreatPlains(Great
PlainsFloraAssociation 1991),althoughithasbeendocumentedinIowa,
Nebraska,SouthDakota,andWyoming.A1975collectionfromwestern
Kansaswent unnoticed imtil recently, anditisnotknown ifthespecies
stilloccursatthesite.
Voucherspecimen:KANSAS.ScottCo.:ScottCity,parkatsouthedgeofcity,scat-
teredinlawn,26Jul 1975,McGregor27516.