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Prairie/Savanna References

The following books were used to identify the plant and insect species documented at this web site.

I also wish to thank Gary Schimmelpfenig for additional plant identifications, and his critical role in restoring the savanna.

Plants

  • Ozark Wildflowers
    Don Kurz
    Falcon Publishing, Helena, Montana, 1999
  • Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers
    Doug Ladd, Frank Oberle, et al.
    Falcon Publishing, Helena, Montana, 1995
  • Spring Flora of Missouri
    Julian A. Steyermark
    Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis and Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1940
  • Flora of Missouri
    Julian A. Steyermark
    The Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa
  • Missouri Wildflowers of the St. Louis Area
    Erna R. Eisendrath
    Missouri Botanical Garden, 1978
  • The New Field Book of American Wild Flowers
    Harold William Ricket
    G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1963
  • The Grasses of Missouri
    Clair L. Kucera
    University of Missouri Press, Columbia, 1961
  • Integrated Taxonomic Information System, USDA
  • Missouri Botanical Garden W3TROPICOS VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomencaltural database

Insects

  • Butterflies and Moths of Missouri
    J. Richard and Joan E. Heitzman
    Missouri Department of Conservation, Jefferson City, MO, 1987
  • The Common Insects of North America
    Lester A. Swan and Charles S. Papp
    Harper & Row, New York, 1972
  • A Field Guide to Insects - America North of Mexico
    Peterson Field Guides
    Donald J. Borror and Richard E. White
    Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, 1970
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Created: 17 Sep 2000
Updated: 24 Sep 2000