Department of
Physical and Life Sciences

Research

The Vegetation and Flora of the Pine Ridge of Northwestern Nebraska, possible books on the natural history of the region:

• Bacteria in Aquatic Systems in Western Nebraska; Nitrates, etc. in ground water. The Chadron State College Water Quality Laboratory.
• Cytogenetics and Evolution of Certain Species of the Genus Bidens, Bidens in the Flora of Oklahoma.
• Taxonomy and Distribution of the Genus Triodanis (Venus’ Looking Glass: Campanulaceae) in the North-Central Plains States.
• The Great Plains Flora Association:
  

  • A co-author of the Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains (published in 1977).
  • A contributor to the Flora of the Great Plains (1986) Containing information on the taxonomy of the Great Plains species of plants, plant communities, etc.
  • Preparation of special projects such as a regional weed manual.

• Claude Barr’s book, Jewels of the Plains and subsequent research.
• The Vegetation and Flora of Chadron State Park.
• Penstemon haydenii, Blowout Penstemon, Nebraska’s only federally listed endangered plant species.
• Rare plants of Nebraska and the West-Central Great Plains.
• The Claude A. Barr Memorial Archive of the Chadron State College Herbarium.
• The George R. Morgan Memorial Archive of the Chadron State College Herbarium.
• The Bellamy Parks Jansen Archive of the Chadron State College Herbarium.
• Astragalus barrii Barneby, Barr’s Milkvetch.
• The badlands of the Oglala National Grasslands, Northwestern Nebraska.
• Medicinal Plants of the Great Plains.
• Flora of Blaine County, Nebraska.