Join us for an upcoming program at The Morton Arboretum:

The Pioneering Prairie Spirit in Landscape Design
Christopher Vernon & Robert Grese, Landscape Historians and Authors
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, landscape architects in the Chicago region changed the face of landscape design. Join landscape historians Christopher Vernon and Bob Grese to meet the pioneers of the native landscape movement. These experts will share the impact of important landscape architects such as Jens Jensen, O.C. Simonds, (the landscape architect who designed the Arboretum), Frederick Law Olmsted, and others. Join them to explore the research included in their new books, Graceland Cemetery: A Design History and The Native Landscape Reader, and to view and discuss the short film by Darrel Morrison, Designing in the Prairie Spirit, which will be shown at the event. This event is partially underwritten by the Library of American Landscape History and forms a part of the Sesquicentennial Celebration of the Founding of Graceland Cemetery.


Pre-registration is required for this evening event to be held in the Sterling Morton Library. Registration details can be viewed at http://www.mortonarb.org/education.html, by stopping at the Arboretum’s Visitor Center or by calling the Arboretum’s registrar at 630-719-2468.

Color My World … with yellow, red, orange, brown …, Or, Fall Color at The Morton Arboretum!

"The trees are spectacular at The Morton Arboretum!" While I might be prone to making this remark at anytime of the year, at this moment our grounds seem to glow with the vivid colors of autumn. Yellow, red, orange, brown with occasional splashes of purple and magenta – are all part of our fall color palette. As I walk and drive through the grounds, I’m beginning to see more and more leaves changing colors. With plants from over 40 countries, it almost seems like there'll be no end to this beautiful and colorful season!
Interested in learning more about color on our grounds? Our very own Color Scout has previewed some colorful Arboretum destinations for you in his weekly color report. Curious why and how leaves change colors? Find out in Why Leaves Change Color. Interested in reading and sharing some colorful stories? Visit the Sterling Morton Library to check out:

• Leaf Man or Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert


• The Garden in Autumn by Allen Lacy


• Autumn Leaves by Ron Lanner


• Sketching Outdoors in Autumn by Jim Arnosky


• Pumpkin Heads! By Wendell Minor


• Songbird Journeys : four seasons in the lives of migratory birds by Miyoko Chu


• On the Wing : American birds in migration by Carol Lerner


• Living on the Wind : across the hemisphere with migratory birds by Scott Weidensaul


• Autumn across America by Edwin Way Teale

Go for a walk, scramble through the fallen leaves and immerse yourself in an autumn world filled with a kaleidoscope of colors at The Morton Arboretum. Whether you’re looking for some information on plants to select for superb fall color, sharing an autumnal story or wanting to read a little more in-depth about this vivid season, the Sterling Morton Library has a host of resources awaiting you!

Fall into the Sterling Morton Library!

During the coming months, there are a number of noteworthy events at The Morton Arboretum including the following programs to be held in the Sterling Morton Library:

N732 - Green Fire : Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time
Thursday, September 22, 2011 – 6:30-9:00 p.m.
In his book, A Sand County Almanac, conservationist Aldo Leopold laid out the key insight that was the culmination of his life's work: a shared responsibility for the health of the land we inhabit. Explore Leopold's personal journey and the threads that connect to his legacy today through an intimate screening of the new documentary Green Fire.
Join us for a dessert reception preceding the film, and stay afterwards to discuss the film, Leopold, and his groundbreaking work with Leopold biographer Curt Meine, author Jim Ballowe, and more.

A411 - A Fascination with Flight
Saturday, September 24, 2011 – 1-4 p.m.
From the time we are quite young, the feathered creatures that perch high up in the trees and then take flight capture our imaginations. Meet artists such as Audubon, Fuertes, and Jaques, who took this fascination a step further and made their careers painting birds and helping us to see and understand them in a new way.

N 733 - A Trek Across the Chicago Wilderness
Thursday, November 3, 2011 - 7-8:30 pm.
In June 2009, Jack MacRae walked across Chicago Wilderness, from Chiwaukee Prairie in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, to Warren Woods in Berrien County, Michigan. Over 15 days he walked approximately 240 miles, visiting over 50 preserves, parks, and natural areas. Join Jack on his journey as he describes his walk and shares his experiences in prairies, sand dunes, forests, flatwoods, savannas, rivers, ponds, wetlands, ravines, and one great lake.

H734 - Jens Jensen, Frank Lloyd Wright, and My Small Garden
Thursday, December 1, 2011 – 7-8:30 p.m.
What can you do in a small garden? Join author Cathy Jean Maloney as she takes you on a virtual tour of her own historic cottage with a garden designed by renowned landscape architect Jens Jensen. Designed ca. 1907 for the gardener of a large estate, this Frank Lloyd Wright home was landscaped by Jensen. Discover the enduring influences of the Jensen/Wright collaboration and how Maloney and her family enjoy the naturalistic, small-space garden today.

Pre-registration is required for all of these events. Registration details can be viewed at http://www.mortonarb.org/education.html or by stopping at the Arboretum’s Visitor Center.

Hope to see you at one or more of these programs that will be presented within the Sterling Morton Library!

Independence Day Holiday

The Sterling Morton Library will be closed Saturday-Monday, July 2-4, in celebration of Independence Day. We will reopen to the public on Tuesday, July 5th.

Wishing you a safe and happy holiday!

The Sterling Morton Library is typically open Tuesday – Friday from 9-5 and Saturday from 10-4.

New Library Exhibit!

Jens Jensen: Landscapes for People

June 28, 2011 - September 1, 2012

Drawing on the strengths of the Jens Jensen collections in the Sterling Morton Library, this exhibit features landscape drawings, archival photographs, and modern color photographs to introduce visitors to Jensen’s philosophies as laid out in his 1939 book Siftings. The exhibit demonstrates how Jensen’s naturalistic, prairie-inspired style of landscape design has established him as a major figure in American landscape architecture and focuses on what Jensen always intended his landscapes to be for: people. His landscapes thus emerge not only as sites of aesthetic beauty but as expressions of Jensen’s theories of the social impact of landscape architecture.

This exhibit is presented in conjunction with Festival of the Architecture Book, 1511-2011.

Leafing Through the Pages - 2011

The nominations have been presented! The ballots have been cast! The votes are in! During 2011, participants in Leafing Through the Pages, the book/film discussion group of the Sterling Morton Library, will be viewing, reading and discussing the following works:

• January 13 – The Curious Mister Catesby – Viewing of the film will begin at 10 a.m. with the discussion to follow.
• February 10 – Egan, Timothy. The big burn : Teddy Roosevelt and the fire that saved America, 2010.
• March 10 – Muir, John. A thousand-mile walk to the Gulf, 1916.
• April 14 – Lisle, Laurie. Portrait of an artist: a biography of Georgia O'Keeffe, 1997.
• May 12 – Biggers, Jeff. Reckoning at Eagle Creek : the secret legacy of coal in the heartland, 2010.
• June 9 – Freinkel, Susan. American chestnut : the life, death, and rebirth of a perfect trees, 2007.
• July 14 – Carson, Rachel. Silent spring, 1962.
• August 11, 2011 – Wulf, Andrea. The brother gardeners : botany, empire and the birth of an obsession, 2009.
• September 8 – Lewis, Charles. Green nature/human nature : the meaning of plants in our lives, 1996.
• October 13 – Plotkin, Mark J. Tales of a shaman’s apprentice : an ethnobotanist searches for new medicines in the Amazon rain forest, 1993.
• November 10 – Stegner, Wallace. Beyond the hundredth meridian : John Wesley Powell and the second opening of the west, 1954.
• December 8 – Greenfield, Amy Butler. A perfect red : empire, espionage, and the quest for the color of desire, 2005.
  
  Meeting the second Thursday of each month from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. in the Sterling Morton Library of The Morton Arboretum
  
  Join us for a morning of spirited conversation, discussion and dialogue!

Snowfall at the Arboretum!

As we receive our first significant snowfall of the season, the beauty of the Arboretum’s winter landscape shines. With little wind, today’s gently falling snow seems to outline every branch, twig and nuance. During our winter months, the intrepid visitors to the Arboretum will find lots of opportunities to study the architecture and structure of our plant collections. Hikers, skiers, snowshoers and walkers will be rewarded with spectacular views of our winter landscapes -- along with plenty of opportunities to discover how plants and animals adapt to the cold. What a remarkable place and time to learn more about our winter world!

Encouraged to take a snowy walk at the Arboretum or through your own neighborhood? Stop by the Sterling Morton Library and peruse some of these resources to guide your winter quest:

• Bark : the formation, characteristics, and uses of bark around the world photographs by Kjell B. Sandved ; text by Ghillean Tolmie
• A guide to wildflowers in winter : herbaceous plants of northeastern North America by Carol Levine
• Life in the cold : an introduction to winter ecology by Peter Marchand
• Season of promise : wild plants in winter by June Carver Roberts
• Studies of trees in winter : a description of the deciduous trees of northeastern America by Annie Oakes Huntington ; with an introduction by Charles Sprague Sargent
• Tree bark : a color guide by Hugues Vaucher
• Trees in a winter landscape by Alice Upham Smith
• Trees in winter : their study and identification by Albert Francis Blakeslee and Chester Deacon Jarvis
• Weeds in winter written and illustrated by Lauren Brown
• Winter : an ecological handbook by James C. Halfpenny, Roy Douglas Ozanne
• Winter world : the ingenuity of animal survival by Bernd Heinrich

The Sterling Morton Library is open Tuesday through Friday from 9-5 and Saturday from 10-4.

May T. Watts Reading Garden is closed!

The May T. Watts Reading Garden of the Sterling Morton Library is closed for maintenance (power washing, tuckpointing and sealing) of the Library’s walls. The Garden will reopen when this project is completed. While the project is scheduled to take several weeks, no official reopen date has been determined due to the vagaries of our weather.

Stay tuned for more information as this project progresses!

An Evening of Wicked Plants!

Wicked Plants! The Deliciously Dark Side of the Plant Kingdom

Amy Stewart, Author

In her New York Times bestseller Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities (Algonquin Books, May 2009), Amy Stewart takes on Mother Nature's most appalling creations. It's an A to Z of plants that kill, maim, intoxicate, and otherwise offend. Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, Stewart presents tales of bloodcurdling botany that will entertain, alarm, and enlighten even the most intrepid gardeners and nature lovers. Find out which plant killed Abraham Lincoln's mother, which shrub ignited a global war, and what plant has killed 90 million people. From strychnine to castor bean, from poison sumac to monkshood, from carnivorous plants to weeds that spontaneously combust, Stewart introduces an unforgettable cast of characters and tells their tales with her own wicked sense of humor.

Join us in the Sterling Morton Library for a special talk by Amy Stewart on Wednesday evening, August 18, 2010. Prepare to be delighted by the wonders of the plant world, and stay for a book signing with the author after the talk.

August 18, 2010

Sterling Morton Library, 7-8:30 p.m.
The Morton Arboretum
Member Fee - $14.00
Non-member Fee - $21.00

Registration details for An Evening of Wicked Plants with Amy Stewart can be found at: http://www.mortonarb.org/calendar/article/19451/an-evening-of-wicked-plants.html

Independence Day Holiday!

The Sterling Morton Library will be closed Saturday, July 3rd through Monday, July 5th in celebration of Independence Day. We will reopen to the public on Tuesday, July 6th.

Wishing you a safe and happy holiday!

The Sterling Morton Library is open Tuesday – Friday from 9-5 and Saturday from 10-4.

What do these three plays plus an exhibit in the Sterling Morton Library at The Morton Arboretum all have in common?

• Cats
• A Chorus Line
• Mousetrap
• Flora! Illuminated …

They’ve all had their runs extended! We’re delighted to announce that Flora! Illuminated … will be available for viewing during Library hours until January 2011. Please visit in-person or view selections from the exhibit at: http://florailluminated.wordpress.com.

Articles of note in the Sterling Morton Library : May/June’s offerings

These are some recent articles that can be found within the journal collection of the Sterling Morton Library. Please visit the Library to discover the incredible botanical and horticultural resources that await you! If you are unable to visit the Library and interested in reviewing one of these articles, I would be delighted to help you at rhassert@mortonarb.org.

• Brooks, Elizabeth W. and David N. Bonter. Long-term changes in avian community structure in a successional, forested, and managed plot in a reforesting landscape. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, v. 122, no. 2, p. 288-295.
• Colyvan, Mark and Lev R. Ginzburg. Analogical thinking in ecology: looking beyond disciplinary boundaries. The Quarterly Review of Biology, v. 85, no. p. 171-182.
• Cullina, William. Wildflowers as groundcovers. American Nurseryman, v. 210, no. 6, p. 38-44.
• DeVore, Sheryl. Virgin prairie : along Lake Michigan, Wisconsin’s prairie thrives. Wildflowers : the magazine of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, v. 26, no. 4, p. 8-9.
  Great article about the Chiwaukee Prairie!
• Gilman, Edward F., Chris Harchick and Maria Paz. Planting depth affects root form of three shade tree cultivars in containers. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, v. 36, no. 3, p. 132-139.
• Klein, Carol. Camassias : elegant and tall, these gorgeous plants look lovely in flower beds or growing among long grass. Gardens Illustrated, no. 161, p. 60-67.
  “Blue flowers hold a special place among gardeners. What is it about them that we love so much? Perhaps it is their affinity with the sky or sea?”
• The Nature Artists’ Quarterly - Illustrated and written by members of the Nature Artists’ Guild of The Morton Arboretum.
  Always a treat to read this publication and view the artists’ contributions to the Members’ Gallery!

A Troupe of Wildflowers

What a spring! It seems like each time I walk on one of the Arboretum trails, I spot a different wildflower. A bevy of bloodroot, a symphony of spring beauties, a cadre of trillium, a throng of Dutchman's breeches – well, you get the picture! Interested in sharpening your identification skills of these remarkable plants? Want to learn more about the folklore and myths related to these springtime ephemerals? Before or after your walk, stop by the Sterling Morton Library and indulge yourself in one of these resources:

• Black, Merel R. Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the upper Midwest, 2008.
• Clemants, Steven Earl. Wildflowers in the field and forest : a field guide to the northeastern United States, 2006.
• Coffey, Timothy. The history and folklore of North American wildflowers, 1993.
• Ladd, Douglas M. North Woods wildflowers: a field guide to wildflowers of the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, 2001.
• Mahlberg, Paul G. Wildflowers of Door County : Wisconsin's unique floral preserve : a field guide, 2000.
• Martin, Laura C. Wildflower folklore, 1984.
• Sanders, Jack. Hedgemaids and fairy candles : the lives and lore of North American wildflowers, 1993.
• Sanders, Jack. The secrets of wildflowers, 2003.
• Vance, F.R. Wildflowers of the northern Great Plains, 1999.
• Werner, William E. Life and lore of Illinois wildflowers, 1988.
• Yatskievych, Kay. Field guide to Indiana wildflowers, 2000.

Enjoy these days!

Articles of note in the Sterling Morton Library : April’s offerings

These are some recent articles that can be found within the journal collection of the Sterling Morton Library. Please visit the Library to discover the incredible botanical and horticultural resources that await you! If you are unable to visit the Library and interested in reviewing one of these articles, I would be delighted to help you at rhassert@mortonarb.org.

Barker, Michael S. and Paul G. Wolf. Unfurling fern biology in the genomics age. BioScience, v.60, no. 3, p. 177-185.

Curtis, Kent. The virtue of Thoreau: biography, geography, and history in Walden Woods. Environmental History, v. 15, no. 1, p. 31-53.

Gilberg, Cindy. Rain gardens and the plants that make them. Perennial Plants : the journal of the Perennial Plant Association, Winter 2010, p. 7-12.

Hipp, Andrew L. Hill’s oak: the taxonomy and dynamics of a western Great Lakes endemic. Arnoldia, v. 67, no. 4, p. 2-14.

Laganiere, Jerome, David Pare and Robert L. Bradley. How does a tree species influence litter decomposition? Separating the relative contributions of litter quality, litter mixing, and forest floor conditions. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, v. 40, no. 3, p. 465-475.

Mayer, Amy. Phenology and citizen science. BioScience, v.60, no. 3, p. 172-5.

Ross, Diana. Diana Ross meets … Penelope Hobhouse. Hortus, no. 93, p. 35-46.

Flora! Illuminated ...

The Sterling Morton Library's latest exhibit has opened - Flora! Illuminated ...
See spectacular plant images from the rare book and art collections in this special exhibit. Flora! Illuminated ... is a non-traditional alphabetical exploration of spectacular plant images from the Library's Suzette Morton Davidson Special Collections.
Snippets of song lyrics, poetry, and prose have been selected to accompany these brilliant images to create a memorable experience for visitors.
The exhibit highlights rarely seen artwork and rare books, revealing the extraordinary beauty and depth of the library's collections ... and of the plant world.

This exhibit can be viewed: Tuesday - Friday from 9-5 and Saturday from 10-4 through June 30, 2010.

The Snoring Bird

Today’s gathering of Leafing Through the Pages, the book discussion group of the Sterling Morton Library, was a fascinating and insightful discussion of Bernd Heinrich’s The Snoring Bird. Heinrich’s page-turning memoir led to a thoughtful conversation about survival, biology, family dynamics, history, nature vs. nurture and a host of related topics. Heinrich’s frank and compelling tale provided an entry point for the group to explore the intriguing world of the naturalist.

Interested in exploring the writings of Heinrich? Stop by the Library and discover:

• Bumblebee economics, 1979. QL568.A6 H39
• In a patch of fireweed, 1984. CT9460.H45 I5
• One man's owl, 1987. QL696.S8 H45
• Ravens in winter, 1989. QL696.P2367 H45
• The hot-blooded insects : strategies and mechanisms of thermoregulation, 1993. QL495 .H38
• A year in the Maine woods, 1994. F26 .H45
• The thermal warriors : strategies of insect survival, 1996. QL495 .H39
• Winter world : the ingenuity of animal survival, 2003. QL753 .H45
• The geese of Beaver Bog, 2004. QL696.A52 H43
• Summer world : a season of bounty, 2009. QL753 .H44

Next month, we will temporarily transform ourselves into a film discussion group. With our start time slightly tweaked, we will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 11 with a viewing -- followed by a discussion -- of the film Enchanted April.

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor …

As I was entering the Arboretum’s grounds this Saturday morning, I was musing about that famous motto - Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor ... - and was delighted with all of the intrepid walkers, runners, hikers, and bikers visible near the Arboretum’s Visitor Center. There are so many different ways to visit and enjoy our winter landscapes. What a wonderful time of year to travel through the grounds and discover a host of interesting plants, views, birds and tracks. Before you head out for a visit to our winter landscapes, be sure to take one of these guides from the Sterling Morton Library to help you decipher the plants and mysterious tracks that you might see!

• Arnosky, Jim. Crinkleroot’s book of animal tracking. New York : Bradbury Press, 1989. [J QL768.A75 1989]
• Brown, Lauren. Weeds in winter. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1976. [QK118.B7 1977]
• Halfpenny, James C. Winter : an ecological handbook. Boulder : Johnson Books, 1989. [QH81.H35]
• Heinrich, Bernd. Winter world : the ingenuity of animal survival. New York : Ecco, c2003.[QL753.H45]
• Levine, Carol. A guide to wildflowers in winter. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1995. [QK117.L48]
• Marchand, Peter J. Life in the cold : an introduction to winter ecology. 2nd ed. Hanover : University Press of New England, 1991. [QH543.2.M37 1991]
• Mason, George F. Animals tracks. New York : William Morrow, 1943. [SK282.M3]
• Murie, Olaus J. A field guide to animal tracks. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1963. [SK282.M8]
• Simeone, Vincent A. Wonders of the winter landscape : shrubs and trees to brighten the cold-weather garden. Batavia, Ill. : Ball Pub., c2005.[SB435.S48]
• Smith, Alice Upham. Trees in a winter landscape. New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. [QK477.S64]
• Trelease, William. Winter botany : an identification guide to native trees and shrubs. 3rd ed. New York : Dover, 1967. [QK477.T84 1967]

The Sterling Morton Library is open Tuesday – Friday from 9 to 5 and Saturday from 10 to 4. Visit soon!

Articles of note in the Sterling Morton Library : January’s offerings

These are some recent articles that can be found within the journal collection of the Sterling Morton Library. Please visit the Library to discover the incredible botanical and horticultural resources that await you! If you are unable to visit the Library and interested in reviewing one of these articles, I would be delighted to help you at rhassert@mortonarb.org.

Baggett, Pam. Swept away : create garden drama with a sweep of a single plant. Horticulture, v. 107, no. 2, p. 42-47.

Jutras, Pierre, Shiv O. Praqsher, and Guy R. Mehuys. Appraisal of key biotic parameters affecting street tree growth. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, v. 36, no. 1, p. 1-10.

May, Felix, Volker Grimm and Florian Jeltsch. Reversed effect of grazing on plant diversity: the role of below-ground competition and size symmetry. Oikos, v. 118, no. 12, p. 1830-1843.

Raffles, Hugh, art by Cornelia Hesse-Honegger. A conjoined fate : a painter challenges the divisions between art and science, safety and risk, humans and insects. Orion, v. 29, no. 1, p. 16-27.

Simberloff, Daniel. Invasions of plant communities—more of the same, something different, or both? The American Midland Naturalist, v. 163, no. 1, 219-233.

Leafing Through the Pages - 2010

Leafing Through the Pages, the book discussion group of the Sterling Morton Library, will be reading and discussing the following works during 2010:

• January 14, 2010 - Hensley, William L. Iġġiaġruk. Fifty miles from tomorrow : a memoir of Alaska and the real people, 2009.
• February 11, 2010 - Heinrich, Bernd. The snoring bird : my family's journey through a century of biology, 2007.
• March 11, 2010 - Enchanted April (1992) – Film - Showing times to be determined.
• April 8, 2010 - Wilke, Joanne. Eight women, two Model Ts, and the American West, 2007.
• May 13, 2010 - Cousteau, Jacques and Susan Schiefelbein. The human, the orchid, and the octopus : exploring and conserving our natural world, 2007.
• June 10, 2010 - Gentile, Olivia. Life list : a woman’s quest for the world’s most amazing birds, 2009.
• July 8, 2010 - Smith, Jane S. The garden of invention : Luther Burbank and the business of breeding plants, 2009.
• August 12, 2010 - Bryson, Bill. A walk in the woods : rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, 1999.
• September 9, 2010 - Bartram, William. Travels through North and South Carolina, east and west Florida, originally published in 1791.
• October 14, 2010 - Stewart, Amy. Wicked plants : the weed that killed Lincoln's mother & other botanical atrocities, 2009.
• November 11, 2010 - Buck, Pearl. The Good earth, originally published in 1931.
• December 9, 2010 - Ballowe, Jim. Christmas in Illinois, 2010.

Meeting the second Thursday of each month from 10-12 in the Sterling Morton Library of The Morton Arboretum.

Walk with us in the woods with Bill Bryson, swim underwater with Jacques Cousteau, tour with 8 women in a Model T, visit Alaska, discover some very dangerous plants, travel with William Bartram in the Carolinas (circa 1791) and spend Christmas in Illinois. If that isn't enough -- with the addition of a film -- we'll explore a small mediaeval Italian castle on the shores of the Mediterranean and discover the transformative power of landscape, space and setting!

Articles of note in the Sterling Morton Library : November’s offerings

These are some recent articles that can be found within the journal collection of the Sterling Morton Library. Please visit the Library to discover the incredible botanical and horticultural resources that await you! If you are unable to visit the Library and interested in reviewing one of these articles, I would be delighted to help you at rhassert@mortonarb.org.

Abel, Andrea. Cloud city. Wildflower, v. 26, no. 2, p. 12-19.
“At northern Mexico’s El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, an unusual stretch of cloud forest is home to an abundance of plants and animals.”

Bourne, Joel K. Redwoods : the super trees. National Geographic, v. 216, no. 4, p. 28-63.

New plants for 2010. American Nurseryman, v. 209, no. 12, p. 12-47.

Price, Karen and Dave Daust. Making monitoring manageable : a framework to guide learning. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, v. 39, no. 10, p. 1881-1892.

Schnable, P.S., et al. The B73 maize genome : complexity, diversity, and dynamics. Science, v. 326, no. 5956, p. 1112-115.
“The sequence of the maize genome reveals it to be the most complex genome known to date.”

Olechnowski, Brian F.M., Diane M. Debinski, Pauline Drobney, Karen Viste-Sparkman and William T. Reed. Changes in vegetation structure through time in a restored tallgrass prairie ecosystem and implications for avian diversity and community composition. Ecological Restoration, v. 27, no. 4, p. 449-457.