Oklahoma Native Plant Record
The Oklahoma Native Plant Record is the official journal of the Oklahoma Native Plant Society and is printed annually. Submission for publication in the journal is open to all; see information below. Print copies of the 2019 volume are no longer available. The 2020 volume will be released soon and pre-orders are now being accepted. See online form below.
Contact Gloria Caddell, Managing Editor, at gcaddell@uco.edu for more information.
The journal is available online through the OSU library by clicking here.
Contact Gloria Caddell, Managing Editor, at gcaddell@uco.edu for more information.
The journal is available online through the OSU library by clicking here.
Forward from Volume 19
This issue of the Oklahoma Native Plant Record contains articles describing the vegetation of the past and present in Oklahoma, and one that sheds light on the potential for an invasive species to further affect the native vegetation of our state.
Based on plats, bearing tree data, and line summaries from the Public Land Survey, Bruce Hoagland, Rick Thomas, and Daryn Hardwick from the University of Oklahoma describe the historical land cover along the Deep Fork River in Okmulgee County circa 1897. These records indicate the bottomland forests, Cross Timbers forests and woodlands, and tallgrass prairie in this area were already starting to be transformed by agricultural activities. Abby Crosswhite and Adam Ryburn from Oklahoma City University conducted a vascular plant survey of the John Nichols Scout Ranch in a suburban area of Canadian County. They report that a diversity of habitats on this property (upland forest, mixed grass prairie, bottomland forest, riparian areas) provide refuge for many species no longer found in the surrounding agricultural and residential areas. Bruce Smith provides a checklist of the woody plants he and his students at McLoud High School have identified in the McLoud oak-hickory forest near their campus. He also provides a trail map and a guided tour of the forest, in which he illustrates how to identify many of the woody plants by their leaves, buds, and bark; encourages the reader to notice the lichens, slime molds, and insect larvae on the plants; and describes the size structure of the forest. I encourage you to stop by McLoud and use his trail guide to help you enjoy and appreciate this native forest. Eric Duell and Karen Hickman from Oklahoma State University investigate the ability of kudzu (Pueraria montana) to sexually reproduce in Oklahoma, at the western extent of its range. Although kudzu primarily spreads by rhizomes, sexual reproduction increases genetic diversity and results in seeds that can be dispersed by animals and water, thus potentially increasing its range. Information on the relative importance of asexual versus sexual reproduction in kudzu in Oklahoma can help us monitor and manage this invasive species. This issue's Critic’s Choice essay was written by Paul Buck for the Botany Bay section of the Spring 1998 Gaillardia. In his essay, Paul visits a bottomland forest and describes the life he sees there on a cold and windy winter day. As this issue goes to press, we are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many people are finding the time and opportunity to notice more of the myriad of interactions in the natural world, something Paul always beautifully encouraged us to do. Please consider publishing your work in the Oklahoma Native Plant Record. It is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals, is abstracted by the Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International, and can be accessed by researchers around the world. Gloria Caddell, Managing Editor Call for Papers, Volume 20
Oklahoma Native Plant Society announces a call for research papers regarding Oklahoma's native plant species. The Oklahoma Native Plant Record includes historical botanical research reports, current research papers, site record species lists, and descriptions of newly sighted or important species in Oklahoma. Our state's environmental gradients of climate, elevation, and human impact make the Record a prime target for research on habitat edges, species ranges, and species interactions, but articles of other themes may be included as well. Important works overlooked by journals of broader geographic regions will also be considered for publication in the Record.
If you or your students have prepared manuscripts regarding plant species in Oklahoma, botanical research unique to Oklahoma, or botanical research that is not likely to be published elsewhere because of its narrow geographic interest, please submit an abstract or manuscript for consideration by August 1, 2020. Manuscripts in electronic format and questions regarding manuscript submissions can be directed to the editor: Dr. Gloria Caddell Managing Editor Oklahoma Native Plant Record gcaddell@uco.edu |
Editorial Policies and PracticesOklahoma Native Plant Record is published annually by the Oklahoma Native Plant Society. Submission for publication in the journal is open to all. Manuscripts will be accepted on topics related to Oklahoma’s regional botany, including historical research reports, current research articles, site record species lists, and descriptions of new or important species sightings in Oklahoma. Oklahoma’s environmental gradients of human impact, climate, and elevation make the Record a prime target for research on habitat edges, species ranges, and edge species, but articles of other themes may be included as well. Important works overlooked by journals of broader geographic regions will also be considered for publication in the Record.
Manuscripts will be reviewed for content and appropriateness by at least two reviewers. Papers must not have been published previously or accepted for submission elsewhere and should represent research conducted in accordance with accepted procedures and scientific ethics. All authors retain copyright of their articles. Submission of the manuscript implies granting Oklahoma Native Plant Society permission to publish and copyright it as part of the journal compilation. We ask only for the right to publish articles. We do not seek to own them. In return, we require our authors to allow their work to be used freely for non-commercial purposes, allowing each individual to make, gratis, a single copy of the published manuscript whether from its print or its internet version; instructors to make, gratis, multiple copies available for non-commercial teaching purposes; and libraries to make copies available, gratis, for interlibrary loan. Authors are responsible for supplying reprints upon request. The title page should state the affiliation and complete addresses of all authors and telephone number or email address for the corresponding author. Provide four key words not in the title. Research and technical papers should include a one-paragraph abstract of not more than 250 words. It should concisely state the goals, principal results, and major conclusions of the paper. All references, figures, and tables should be cited in the text. Site descriptions should include latitude, longitude, total area, and elevation. Measurements should be in SI units (metric). Use no headers, no footers, nor auto page numbering. Proof-read and verify taxa and taxa numbers before submission. Color photos may be submitted. Common names should be referenced to a scientific name using nomenclature that has been revised according to the Integrated Taxonomic Information Service (ITIS) database (http://www.itis.gov). Abbreviations of authorities for scientific names should follow Authors of Plant Names (Brummitt, R.K. and C.E. Powell. 1992. Richmond, Surrey, England: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew). Titles of periodicals should be abbreviated following Botanico-Peridoicum- Huntianum and its supplement, except in historic publications when original format may be used. Authors are encouraged to submit articles online to http://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/ but may send them to the editor as an email file attachment at the address below. Use no headers, footers, nor auto page numbering. If the manuscript is in hardcopy, it should be double-spaced on 8 ½ X 11 inch paper with minimum one-inch margins and should be submitted in duplicate. Proof-read and verify taxa numbers before submission. All submissions should preferably be received by June 1 for publication in December. Oklahoma Native Plant Record has no article process charges or article submission charges. Gloria M. Caddell, Managing Editor, Oklahoma Native Plant Record Interim Dean, College of Mathematics and Science University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, OK 73034 gcaddell@uco.edu |