The Ozark Chinkapin (Castanea ozarkensis) (taxonomy is in some dispute as to whether the typical Ozark form should be considered a species, or a variety–I tend to favor considering it a species) is a cousin of the American chestnut. Like…
Nuttall’s wild indigo (Baptisia nuttalliana). Gorgeous. Very different from our more common baptisia, denser stems, smaller leaves. At the Kerr Ranch. Thank you David Redhage for cluing me in that they were blooming.
Very nice landscape and flower photography. Prairie flowers with Cavanal in the background. (The windmills are not local. 🙂 ) John Sullivan Photography
May 22, 1819. Nuttall is in the Red River valley. “The change of soil in the great Prairie of Red river now appeared obvious. It was here that I saw the first calcareous rock charged with shells, &c. since my…
Nuttall’s Death Camas (Toxicoscordion nuttallii) – formerly and more commonly known as Zigadenus nuttallii. I saw several stands of these last Sunday as I traveled the route of our upcoming May 18 trip through the Kiamichi valley to the Red…
The last two weekends it has been my pleasure and privilege to welcome interested folks from other parts of the state to Lake Wister and share with them information about the lake and the ecological history of the Poteau River…
Bokoshe, OK prairie- native hay meadow- looking south to Cavanal Hill (Photo by Amy Buthod, OU). On April 23, 1819, Nuttall was working his way west (upstream) on the Arkansas River. As he neared Fort Smith, he wrote: “[T]he prairies…
From Tamara Pittman, via Facebook: Hi, I was wondering if anyone in this group has come across mention of bald cypress in Oklahoma in Nuttall’s journals. Several of our lakes have stands of cypress scattered throughout inaccessible areas, which certainly…
On April 29, 1819, a few days after his arrival at Fort Smith, Nuttall “took an agreeable walk into the adjoining prairie, which is about two miles wide and seven long.” This was Massard Prairie, though not named as such…
An interesting article on seeing, or not seeing, trees. I was pleased when Donna Deaton wrote that after our Nuttall trip, she was seeing plants along the road that she had not noticed before. Build on what we saw–learn some…
