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In the 1960s and 70s, Mohlenbrock and Voigt continued their studies of southern Illinois to develop a conservation program for its natural areas. [2] Through their surveys, they found that all of the bald cypress swamps in the area, with the exception of Horseshoe Lake, were privately owned.
Tropicos is an online botanical database containing taxonomic information on plants, mainly from the Neotropical realm (Central, and South America).It is maintained by the Missouri Botanical Garden and was established in 1982.
The Peterson Field Guides (PFG) are a popular and influential series of American field guides intended to assist the layman in identification of birds, plants, insects and other natural phenomena. The series was created and edited by renowned ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson (1908–1996).
Perhaps the first popular field guide to plants in the United States was the 1893 How to Know the Wildflowers by "Mrs. William Starr Dana" (Frances Theodora Parsons). [ citation needed ] In 1890, Florence Merriam published Birds Through an Opera-Glass , describing 70 common species.
Missouri River near Rocheport, Missouri. Missouri is home to a diversity of flora, fauna and funga.There is a large amount of fresh water present due to the Mississippi River, Missouri River, and Lake of the Ozarks, with numerous smaller rivers, streams, and lakes.
Geobotanically, Missouri belongs to the North American Atlantic region, and spans all three floristic provinces that make up the region: the state transitions from the deciduous forest of the Appalachian province to the grasslands of the North American Prairies province in the west and northwest, and the northward extension of the Mississippi embayment places the bootheel in the Atlantic and ...
According to Plants of the World Online (POWO), it is native to Arizona, California, and Nevada in the present-day United States and to all parts of Mexico except the Gulf Coast and southeast. [23] Though not giving much detail, the Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder also lists it as native to the Western United States and Canada. [ 24 ]
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