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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Overview of this Book | |
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| How to Use this Book | |
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| Plants Treated | |
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| Arrangement of the Taxa | |
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| Family Descriptions | |
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| Keys | |
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| Sources of Information | |
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| Nomenclature | |
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| Flowering Periods | |
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| Habitats | |
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| Distributions | |
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| Relative Abundance and Rare Species Status | |
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| Non-Native Species | |
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| Wetland Categories | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Illustrations | |
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| Summary of the Flora | |
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| The Physical Setting of Kentucky | |
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| Climate | |
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| Natural Regions of Kentucky | |
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| Appalachian Plateaus | |
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| Interior Low Plateaus | |
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| Mississippi Embayment | |
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| Vegetation of Kentucky | |
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| Forest Regions of Kentucky | |
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| Mixed Mesophytic Forest Region | |
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| Oak-Hickory Forest Region | |
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| Southern Floodplain Forest Region | |
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| Plant Communities of Kentucky | |
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| Aquatic and Open (Nonforested) Wetland Communities | |
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| Standing Water Communities | |
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| Running Water Communities | |
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| Emergent Wetland Communities | |
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| Shrub Wetland Communities | |
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| Swamp Forests | |
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| Floodplain Forests | |
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| Upland Forests | |
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| Mixed Deciduous Forests | |
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| Mixed Oak Forests (Often Oak-Hickory or Oak-Ash) | |
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| Xeric Oak Forests (Often Oak-Pine or Oak-Eastern Red-Cedar) | |
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| Pine Forests | |
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| Ash-Oak Savanna of the Bluegrass | |
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| Grass-Dominated Communities | |
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| Rock Outcrop Communities (Glades, Ledges, Clifftops) | |
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| Cliffsides and Rockhouses | |
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| Disturbed Communities | |
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| Plant Communities of Surface-Mined Lands | |
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| Floristic Affinities | |
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| Endemics | |
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| Conservation Status | |
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| The Status of Old-Growth Forest in Kentucky | |
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| Historical Reports | |
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| Current Old-Growth Forest in Kentucky | |
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| Kentucky's Big Trees | |
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| A History of Plant Conservation in Kentucky | |
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| A History of Plant Life in Kentucky | |
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| Geologic Overview | |
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| Ordovician Period | |
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| Silurian Period | |
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| Devonian Period | |
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| Mississippian Period | |
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| Pennsylvanian Period | |
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| Permian Period | |
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| Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous Periods (Mesozoic Era) | |
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| Tertiary Period | |
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| Quaternary Period | |
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| Current Geologic Conditions | |
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| Origins of the Flora | |
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| Paleozoic Era | |
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| Mesozoic Era | |
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| Cenozoic Era (Tertiary Period) | |
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| Cenozoic Era (Quaternary Period) | |
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| Native Americans and Presettlement Conditions | |
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| Postsettlement Changes in the Plant Life of Kentucky | |
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| Effects of Habitat Alterations | |
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| Effects of Logging | |
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| Effects of Coal Mining | |
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| Effects of Wetland Losse | |
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| Effects of Acid Precipitation and Ozone Damage | |
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| Effects of Global Warming | |
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| Overall Effects of Habitat Alterations | |
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| Effects of Fungal and Animal Pests | |
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| Effects of Naturalized Plants | |
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| Effects of Harvesting for Medicinal or Ornamental Uses | |
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| A History of Floristic Botany in Kentucky | |
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| The Antebellum Period (Prior to 1860) | |
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| Andre Michaux (1746-1802) | |
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| Francois Andre Michaux (1770-1855) | |
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| Constantine S. Rafinesque (1783-1840) | |
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| Charles W. Short (1794-1863) and Associates | |
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| The Civil War and the Postbellum Period (1860 to 1900) | |
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| The Beginning of Modern Field Botany (1900 to 1948) | |
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| Harrison Garman (1858-1943) and the College of Agriculture Herbarium | |
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| Frank T. McFarland (1886-?) and the University of Kentucky Herbarium | |
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| E. Lucy Braun (1889-1971) | |
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| Mary E. Wharton (1912-1991) | |
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| The 1948 Fire at the University of Kentucky Herbarium | |
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| The Recovery Period of Kentucky Botany (1948 to the Present) | |
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| Percy A. Davies (1896-1961) and Floristic Activities at the University of Louisville | |
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| Willem Meijer (1923-2003) and Floristic Activities at the University of Kentucky | |
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| John W. Thieret (1926-) and Floristic Activities at Regional Universities and Private Colleges | |
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| Other Contributions to Floristic Botany in Kentucky | |
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| Federal Agencies | |
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| State Agencies | |
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| Private Organizations | |
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| Private Citizens | |
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| Current Status of Floristic Studies in Kentucky | |
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| Literature Cited in Part I | |
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| Taxonomic Treatment | |
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| Introduction to the Keys | |
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| General Key to Vascular Plants of Kentucky | |
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| Pteridophytes of Kentucky | |
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| Gymnosperms of Kentucky | |
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| Dicotyledonae of Kentucky | |
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| Monocotyledonae of Kentucky | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Literature Cited in Part II | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index of Part I | |
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| Index of Scientific Names in Part II | |
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| Index of Common Names in Part II | |
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| Index of Popular Books on the Flora of the South-Central United States and the Southern Appalachians | |