APPENDIX 1: SITE FLORA SUMMARY

The following table provides a record of the vascular flora of each MPF site. Taxa are arranged alphabetically by scientific name, generally following the nomenclatural concepts of Steyermark (1963). Scientific names for exotic species are rendered in ALL CAPS, to readily distinguish them from native species, which are in regular typeface.

Immediately preceding the scientific name of each plant is a column with the conservatism value (C value) for the species. As described previously, these coefficients range from 0 to 10 and reflect the degree of obligate fidelity of the plant to areas with remnant natural quality in terms of continuity with presettlement site integrity, biota, and process regimes. Lower C values indicate plants that are disturbance tolerant, although many plants with low C values are native components of the highest quality natural areas, albeit in low numbers. The mean C value of the total native flora of all MPF sites is 4.3.

By the nature of their origin and establishment as anthropogenic artifacts in the post-European settlement landscape of the New World, introduced species are fundamentally disturbance adapted and do not display conservative attributes. These taxa are designated with an asterisk (*) instead of a C value.

Following the scientific name for each plant is the accepted common name as used in the TNC Missouri flora database. A single species of plant may have numerous common names, and the names are provided here merely for convenience. Following the common name is the physiognomic class of the plant (PHYS), divided into Annual FORB, Biennial FORB, Perennial FORB, Annual GRASS, Perennial GRASS, Annual SEDGE, Perennial SEDGE, TREE, SHRUB, Herbaceous VINE, Woody VINE, or FERN.

The column after the PHYS column provides the wetness coefficient for the plant, derived by assigning an integer value to the plant's National Wetland Category for the region, as explained in Taft et al. (1997). These values range from -5 to +5, with lower numbers indicating plants more restricted to wet environments.

Following the wetness ranking column is a column for each of the nine MPF sites. Plants verified from this site during this study, or from valid herbarium records or Missouri Department of Conservation heritage database records are designated with a solid dot () in the appropriate box. Plants which are attributed to an MPF site on the basis of reliable literature reports are designated with an "R" in the appropriate box. A few plants attributed to MPF sites on the basis of questionable, but presumably reliable, literature reports are designated with a question mark (?). Rows in the table representing plants documented from all nine MPF prairies are shaded in gray.

In addition to the records included in this table, several other reports have been excluded because of uncertainties or a lack of corroborating evidence. According to several sources, a specimen of Petalostemum multiflorum at Southwest Missouri State University herbarium labelled as coming from LaPetite Gemme Prairie was probably collected in Kansas. Petalostemum multiflorum is a plant of the Great Plains not known to otherwise occur in Missouri except for two collections made in the Kansas City area a century ago. Its presence on the easternmost and most Ozarkian of the MPF lands would be highly unlikely, and the collection is almost certainly mislabeled.

Some other previous reports of plants from MPF sites are not included here because, in the absence of confirming specimens, they are presumed to be based on misidentifications, or because we have been unable to locate cited herbarium specimens. Weber et al. (1984) report from LaPetite Gemme Prairie a number of species not included in this table. Despite the publication's statement that all specimens were archived at the Southwest Missouri State University herbarium, many vouchers could not be located there, raising the possibility that they have been redetermined and refiled.

Distribution of flora among MPF sites
# of sites of occurrence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 total
native taxa 142 83 44 41 47 31 41 49 85 563
exotic taxa 24 13 8 7 10 6 10 4 10 92




Physiognomy of composite flora of MPF sites
physiognomy native (86%) exotic (14%)
# % # %
tree 42 6.4 7 1.1
shrub 24 3.7 3 0.5
woody vine 12 1.8 1 0.2
herb. vine 5 0.8 0 0
perennial forb 260 39.7 18 2.7
biennial forb 14 2.1 12 1.8
annual forb 94 14.4 27 4.1
perennial grass 49 7.5 9 1.4
annual grass 13 2.0 15 2.3
perennial sedge 39 6.0 0 0
annual sedge 5 0.8 0 0
fern 6 0.9 0 0




DEnison, DRovers, FRiendly, GayFeather, GOlden, La Petite Gemme, PEnnsylvania, STillwell, SchwartZ
C SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME PHYS Wet DE DR FR GF GO LP PE ST SZ
* ABUTILON THEOPHRASTI Velvetleaf A-FORB 4
2 Acalypha virginica Virginia Mercury A-FORB 3
1 Acer negundo Box Elder TREE -2
1 Acer saccharinum Silver Maple TREE -3
5 Acer saccharum Sugar Maple TREE 3
0 Achillea millefolium1 Yarrow P-FORB 3
6 Agrimonia parviflora Swamp Agrimony P-FORB -1
* AGROSTIS ALBA Redtop P-GRASS -3
3 Agrostis elliottiana Awned Bent Grass A-GRASS 5
3 Agrostis hyemalis Tickle Grass P-GRASS 1
3 Agrostis perennans Upland Bent Grass P-GRASS 1
1 Allium canadense Wild Garlic P-FORB 3
5 Allium mutabile Glade Onion P-FORB 5
* ALLIUM VINEALE Field Garlic P-FORB 3
0 Alopecurus carolinianus Annual Foxtail A-GRASS -3
* AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS Rough Amaranth A-FORB 2
0 Amaranthus tamariscinus Water Hemp A-FORB -3
0 Ambrosia artemisiifolia Common Ragweed A-FORB 3
0 Ambrosia bidentata Southern Ragweed A-FORB 4
2 Ambrosia coronopifolia Western Ragweed P-FORB 5
0 Ambrosia trifida Giant Ragweed A-FORB -1
6 Amelanchier arborea Shadbush TREE 3
8 Amorpha canescens Lead Plant SHRUB 5
5 Amorpha fruticosa Indigo Bush SHRUB -4
4 Ampelopsis cordata Raccoon Grape W-VINE -1
5 Andropogon gerardi Big Bluestem P-GRASS 1
5 Andropogon scoparius Little Bluestem P-GRASS 4
5 Andropogon ternarius Splitbeard Bluestem P-GRASS 3
2 Andropogon virginicus Broom Sedge P-GRASS 1
3 Androsace occidentalis Rock Jasmine A-FORB 4
6 Anemone caroliniana Carolina Anemone P-FORB 5
4 Anemone virginiana Tall Anemone P-FORB 5
4 Antennaria neglecta Field Cat's Foot P-FORB 5
5 Antennaria plantaginifolia Pussy's Toes P-FORB 5
* ANTHOXANTHUM ODORATUM Sweet Vernal Grass P-GRASS 3
6 Apios americana Groundnut H-VINE -3
2 Apocynum sibiricum Indian Hemp P-FORB -1
6 Arabis shortii Toothed Cress B-FORB 5
* ARCTIUM MINUS Common Burdock B-FORB 5
7 Arenaria patula Slender Sandwort A-FORB 5
* ARENARIA SERPYLLIFOLIA Thyme-Leaved Sandwort A-FORB 0
3 Aristida dichotoma Poverty Grass A-GRASS 3
2 Aristida longespica Slimspike Three-Awn A-GRASS 4
1 Aristida oligantha Plains Three-Awn Grass A-GRASS 5
5 Aristida purpurascens Arrow Feather P-GRASS 5
4 Aristida ramosissima Slender Three-Awn A-GRASS 5
3 Artemisia ludoviciana White Sage P-FORB 5
4 Asclepias hirtella Tall Green Milkweed P-FORB 5
5 Asclepias incarnata Swamp Milkweed P-FORB -5
10 Asclepias meadii Mead's Milkweed P-FORB 5 R R R R
6 Asclepias purpurascens Purple Milkweed P-FORB 3
9 Asclepias stenophylla Glade Milkweed P-FORB 5
9 Asclepias sullivantii Prairie Milkweed P-FORB 5
0 Asclepias syriaca Common Milkweed P-FORB 5
5 Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed P-FORB 5
2 Asclepias verticillata Whorled Milkweed P-FORB 5
9 Asclepias viridiflora Short Green Milkweed P-FORB 5
6 Asclepias viridis Green-Flowered Milkweed P-FORB 5
6 Ascyrum hypericoides multicaule St. Andrew's Cross P-FORB 3
5 Asimina triloba Pawpaw TREE 0
* ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS Asparagus P-FORB 3
4 Asplenium platyneuron Ebony Spleenwort FERN 3
7 Aster azureus Azure Aster P-FORB 5
9 Aster dumosus Bushy Aster P-FORB -1
4 Aster ericoides Heath Aster P-FORB 4
3 Aster lateriflorus Side-Flowering Aster P-FORB -2
4 Aster novae-angliae New England Aster P-FORB -3
9 Aster paludosus hemisphericus Southern Swamp Aster P-FORB 2
5 Aster patens Spreading Aster P-FORB 5
0 Aster pilosus Hairy Aster P-FORB 4
7 Aster praealtus Willow Aster P-FORB -5
9 Aster ptarmicoides Stiff Aster P-FORB 5
4 Aster simplex Panicled Aster P-FORB -5
6 Aster turbinellus Prairie Aster P-FORB 5
6 Aster vimineus Small White Aster P-FORB -2
10 Astragalus caryocarpus Indian Pea P-FORB 5
6 Astragalus distortus Bent Milk Vetch P-FORB 5
7 Astragalus mexicanus Ground Plum P-FORB 5
8 Baptisia australis Blue Wild Indigo P-FORB 5
6 Baptisia leucantha White Wild Indigo P-FORB 3
6 Baptisia leucophaea Cream Wild Indigo P-FORB 5
* BARBAREA VULGARIS Yellow Rocket P-FORB 0
* BELAMCANDA CHINENSIS Blackberry Lily P-FORB 5
3 Betula nigra River Birch TREE -3
* BIDENS BIPINNATA Spanish Needles A-FORB -2
6 Bidens discoidea Swamp Beggar's Ticks A-FORB -3
2 Bidens frondosa Common Beggar's Ticks A-FORB -3
1 Bidens polylepis Bur Marigold A-FORB -3
4 Boehmeria cylindrica False Nettle P-FORB -5
5 Boltonia asteroides False Aster P-FORB -3
5 Botrychium dissectum obliquum Cut-Leaved Grape Fern FERN 0
4 Botrychium virginianum Rattlesnake Fern FERN 3
7 Bouteloua curtipendula Side-Oats Grama P-GRASS 5
5 Brasenia schreberi Water Shield P-FORB -5
* BRASSICA KABER PINNATIFIDA Charlock A-FORB 5
* BROMUS INERMIS Smooth Brome P-GRASS 5
* BROMUS JAPONICUS Japanese Chess A-GRASS 3
* BROMUS RACEMOSUS Smooth Chess A-GRASS 5
* BROMUS TECTORUM Downy Brome A-GRASS 5
* BROUSSONETIA PAPYRIFERA Paper Mulberry TREE 5
10 Buchnera americana Blue Hearts P-FORB 1
5 Bumelia lanuginosa Gum Bumelia TREE 3
8 Cacalia tuberosa Prairie Indian Plantain P-FORB 0
6 Callirhoe digitata Fringed Poppy Mallow P-FORB 5
5 Callitriche heterophylla Large Water Starwort P-FORB -5
3 Callitriche terrestris Terrestrial Starwort A-FORB 3
10 Calopogon oklahomensis Prairie Grass Pink P-FORB 0
10 Camassia angusta2 Prairie Hyacinth P-FORB 5
6 Camassia scilloides Wild Hyacinth P-FORB -1 R
4 Campanula americana Tall Bellflower A-FORB 0
3 Campsis radicans Trumpet Creeper W-VINE 0
* CAPSELLA BURSA-PASTORIS Shepherd's Purse A-FORB 1
3 Cardamine parviflora arenicola Small-Flowered Bitter Cress A-FORB 0
9 Carex albolutescens Greenish-White Sedge P-SEDGE -3
4 Carex annectens xanthocarpa Yellow-Fruited Sedge P-SEDGE -3
3 Carex blanda Wood Sedge P-SEDGE 0
4 Carex brevior Short-Beaked Sedge P-SEDGE 0
3 Carex bushii Bush's Sedge P-SEDGE -3
5 Carex cephalophora Woodbank Sedge P-SEDGE 3
4 Carex complanata hirsuta Hirsute Sedge P-SEDGE 4
6 Carex festucacea Fescue Sedge P-SEDGE 0
5 Carex frankii Frank's Sedge P-SEDGE -5
5 Carex lanuginosa Woolly Sedge P-SEDGE -5
6 Carex lupulina Hop Sedge P-SEDGE -5
5 Carex meadii Mead's Sedge P-SEDGE 0
5 Carex muhlenbergii Sand Sedge P-SEDGE 5
4 Carex normalis Larger Straw Sedge P-SEDGE -3
4 Carex retroflexa Reflexed Sedge P-SEDGE 5
4 Carex scoparia Pointed Broom Sedge P-SEDGE -3
6 Carex squarrosa Squarrose Sedge P-SEDGE -5
4 Carex stipata Sawbeak Sedge P-SEDGE -5
6 Carex umbellata Umbel-Like Sedge P-SEDGE 5
4 Carex vulpinoidea Fox Sedge P-SEDGE -5
6 Carya illinoensis Pecan TREE -3
5 Carya texana Black Hickory TREE 5
1 Cassia fasciculata Partridge Pea A-FORB 4
4 Cassia marilandica Maryland Senna P-FORB -3
5 Castilleja coccinea Indian Paintbrush A-FORB 0
7 Ceanothus americanus New Jersey Tea SHRUB 5
3 Celastrus scandens Climbing Bittersweet W-VINE 3
4 Celtis occidentalis Hackberry TREE 1
6 Celtis tenuifolia Dwark Hackberry TREE 5
5 Centunculus minimus Chaffweed A-FORB 4
3 Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush SHRUB -5
* CERASTIUM BRACHYPETALUM Short-Stalked Chickweed A-FORB 5
3 Cerastium brachypodum Nodding Chickweed A-FORB 4
* CERASTIUM VULGATUM Mouse-Ear Chickweed P-FORB 3
3 Cercis canadensis Redbud TREE 3
0 Chaerophyllum procumbens3 Wild Chervil A-FORB -1
* CHENOPODIUM ALBUM Lamb's Quarters A-FORB 1
3 Chenopodium standleyanum Woodland Goosefoot A-FORB 5
* CHRYSANTHEMUM LEUCANTHEMUM Ox-Eye Daisy P-FORB 5
3 Chrysopsis pilosa Soft-Golden Aster A-FORB 5
5 Cicuta maculata Water Hemlock B-FORB -5
4 Cinna arundinacea Common Wood Reed P-GRASS -3
4 Cirsium altissimum4 Tall Thistle P-FORB 5
3 Cirsium discolor Field Thistle P-FORB 5
3 Claytonia virginica Spring Beauty P-FORB 3
6 Cocculus carolinus Carolina Snailseed W-VINE 0
8 Collinsia violacea Violet Collinsia A-FORB 5
6 Comandra richardsiana False Toadflax P-FORB 3
* COMMELINA COMMUNIS Common Dayflower A-FORB 0
* CONIUM MACULATUM Poison Hemlock B-FORB -3
4 Conobea multifida Obe-Wan-Conobea A-FORB -4
1 Convolvulus sepium Hedge Bindweed H-VINE 0
6 Coreopsis grandiflora Large-Flowered Coreopsis P-FORB 5
7 Coreopsis lanceolata Sand Coreopsis P-FORB 3
6 Coreopsis palmata Prairie Coreopsis P-FORB 5
6 Coreopsis tripteris Tall Coreopsis P-FORB 0
1 Cornus drummondi Rough-Leaved Dogwood SHRUB 0
5 Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood TREE 4
5 Cornus obliqua Pale Dogwood SHRUB -5
3 Cornus racemosa Gray Dogwood SHRUB -2
7 Corydalis crystallina Mealy Corydalis B-FORB 5
4 Corydalis micrantha Small-Flowered Corydalis B-FORB 5
2 Corylus americana American Hazelnut SHRUB 0
3 Crataegus crus-galli Cockspur Hawthorn TREE 0
4 Crataegus engelmanni Barberry-Leaved Hawthorn TREE 5
3 Crataegus pruinosa Frosted Hawthorn TREE 5
4 Crotalaria sagittalis Rattlebox A-FORB 5
0 Croton capitatus Hogwort A-FORB 5
1 Croton glandulosus septentrionalis Sand Croton A-FORB 5
2 Croton monanthogynus Prairie Tea A-FORB 5
6 Crotonopsis elliptica Rushfoil A-FORB 5
4 Cuphea petiolata Waxweed A-FORB 3
4 Cuscuta gronovii Common Dodder A-FORB -3
1 Cynanchum laeve Black Swallow-Wort W-VINE 0
4 Cyperus aristatus Awned Flatsedge A-SEDGE -5
3 Cyperus erythrorhizos Red-Rooted Sedge A-SEDGE -5
4 Cyperus filiculmis Slender Flatsedge P-SEDGE 4
3 Cyperus ovularis Hedgehog Club Rush P-SEDGE 0
1 Cyperus strigosus Straw-Colored Flatsedge P-SEDGE -3
5 Cyperus virens Green Flatsedge P-SEDGE -3
* DACTYLIS GLOMERATA Orchard Grass P-GRASS 3
3 Danthonia spicata Poverty Oat Grass P-GRASS 5
* DAUCUS CAROTA Queen Anne's Lace B-FORB 5
7 Delphinium carolinianum5 Carolina Larkspur P-FORB 5 R
3 Desmanthus illinoensis Illinois Bundle Flower P-FORB 1
4 Desmodium canadense Showy Tick Trefoil P-FORB 1
5 Desmodium ciliare Hairy Tick Trefoil P-FORB 5
3 Desmodium dillenii Tall Tick Clover P-FORB 5
3 Desmodium glutinosum Pointed Tick Trefoil P-FORB 5
4 Desmodium illinoense Illinois Tick Trefoil P-FORB 5 R
5 Desmodium marilandicum Small-Leaved Tick Trefoil P-FORB 5 ?
3 Desmodium paniculatum Panicled Tick Trefoil P-FORB 3
5 Desmodium sessilifolium Sessile-Leaved Tick Trefoil P-FORB 5
* DIANTHUS ARMERIA Deptford Pink A-FORB 5
* DIGITARIA CILIARIS6 Smooth Crab Grass A-GRASS 3
* DIGITARIA SANGUINALIS Hairy Crab Grass A-GRASS 3
2 Diodia teres Buttonweed A-FORB 3
3 Diospyros virginiana Persimmon TREE 0
5 Dodecatheon meadia Shooting Star P-FORB 4
0 Draba brachycarpa Short-Fruited Whitlow Cress A-FORB 5
* DRABA VERNA Vernal Whitlow Cress A-FORB 5
7 Echinacea pallida Pale Purple Coneflower P-FORB 5
* ECHINOCHLOA CRUSGALLI Barnyard Grass A-GRASS -3
3 Eclipta alba Yerba De Tajo A-FORB -3
5 Eleocharis acicularis Needle Spike Rush P-SEDGE -5
6 Eleocharis compressa Flat-Stemmed Spike Rush P-SEDGE -5
7 Eleocharis macrostachya Pale Spike-Rush P-SEDGE -5
4 Eleocharis obtusa Blunt Spike Rush A-SEDGE -5
5 Eleocharis smallii7 Small's Spike Rush P-SEDGE -5
5 Eleocharis tenuis verrucosa Slender Spike Rush P-SEDGE -3
3 Elephantopus carolinianus Elephant's Foot P-FORB 1
* ELEUSINE INDICA Goose Grass A-GRASS 3
4 Elymus villosus Silky Wild Rye P-GRASS 3
4 Elymus virginicus Virginia Wild Rye P-GRASS -2
* ERAGROSTIS CILIANENSIS Stink Grass A-GRASS 3
0 Eragrostis pectinacea Small Love Grass A-GRASS 0
3 Eragrostis spectabilis Purple Love Grass P-GRASS 5
2 Erechtites hieracifolia Fireweed A-FORB 3
1 Erigeron annuus Annual Fleabane A-FORB 1