Field notebook, 1940-1943
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April 23 (Thursday) Collected in cedar glades W of Caneville Pike; great variation in Senecio stylus, which occ[ur]s pale, has cream colored flowers; L. uniflora with minute fls; but no trace of L. torulosa. Ophirgordum Engelmannii locally abundant; Phlox stellaris in full bloom; Plumerella collecting in thickets. Met Glover at noon; then to Caneville area, in which nothing whatever was to be seen. Stayed at Fore's overnight. April 24 (Friday). Collected at Murphy'stown (a few miles south of the town). Senecio torulosus (pale purple-flowered) the most abundant species, occupying all the damp mucky places in the glades. Sedum pubescens just beginning to flower; Vicia microcarpa and Scabiosa parado growly together at the margin of the thickets; Koenigius fasciculatus in shade of the bushes. A single plant of Borolus Previously to crossing at Murphys' town, we went from Nashville by way of Lebanon, thence to Gladsville. Great areas of Senecio stylus cover the glades and damp roadsides along the Lebanon road with patches of yellow acres in extent. At Gladsville L. torulosa is more abundant, growing with masses of Gordone aculeata ["Buckhorn" Cello- quiste] and concealed edible] Setes Butleri. L. uniflora less abundant and confined to immediate roadsides