Research: Plants

A Guide to Native Plant Design by Rachel Fox, LREC Intern, 2011

Woodland Vegetation Patterns at the Litzsinger Road Ecology Center (presentation) by Abigail Carroll, 2009

Slagle, M. W., P. W. Sweeney, K. M. Hiser, and H. Wells-Sweeney, 2008. Vegetation Survey of Prairie Reconstructions at Litzsinger Road Ecology Center. Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conference 20:225–232.

Germination and Growth of Native Understory Forbs in Relation to Shade Levels by Lane Richter, LREC Intern, 2007

Methods for Euonymus fortunei Removal by John Lee, LREC Intern, 2006

Removal of Lonicera maackii (Amur Honeysuckle) at Litzsinger Road Ecology Center Using Different Glyphosate Treatments by Elizabeth Harlan, LREC Intern, 2005

A Supplement to the Report on the Establishment and Implementation of a Long-Term Inventory and Vegetation Monitoring Regime in the Litzsinger Road Ecology Center Prairie Habitat by Patrick Sweeney, 2005:

• Report
• Appendix A: Inventory for North and South prairies: Taxa found through 2004
• Appendix B-1: 2002
• Appendix B-2: 2003
• Appendix B-3: 2004
• Appendix C: Mean CofC and FQI for Inventory Data

Investigation of Spot Treatment Control Methods for Solidago Altissima by Emily Adams, LREC Intern, 2004

A Preliminary Report on the Establishment and Implementation of a Long-Term Inventory and Vegetation Monitoring Regime in the Litzsinger Road Ecology Center Prairie Habitat by Ken Hiser, Patrick Sweeney, and Heather Wells-Sweeney, 2002:

• Report
• Appendix A: Taxa found during 2001 inventory
• Appendix B: List of wetland plant species with their Wetland Indicator Status (WI)
• Appendix C: Species listed in 1992 (Ochs, 1993) and/or 1994-1998 addenda list and not found in our survey
• Appendix D-1: Plant species found in each quadrat surveyed, June 2001
• Appendix D-2: Plant species found in each quadrat surveyed, July 2001
• Appendix D-3: Plant species found in each quadrat surveyed, August 2001
• Appendix E: Composite of species found in each quadrat, 2001
• Appendix F: Total Taxa (TT), Total of Native Taxa (NT), Mean CofC, and FQI for quadrats
• Appendix G: Mean CofC and FQI for Inventory Data

Foraging Ecology of Selected Prairie Wildflowers (Echinacea, Liatris, Monarda, and Veronicastrum) in Missouri Prairie Remnants and Restorations by Richard R. Clinebell II, 1998

An Ecological Survey of the Litzsinger Road Ecology Center, 1992 by Dr. Clifford Ochs, 1993