Botanizing with Marion
Marion Lobstein, Botany Chair for the Prince William Wildflower Society, continues to explain and expand on the changes of names (taxonomy) of our Virginia plants reflected in the new Flora of Virginia (Brit Press, 2012). Below is an archive of her recently published articles in Wild News:
DEEP CUT: September 2022
• Summer-Early Autumn Plant Checklist for Deep Cut Meadow, Manassas National Battlefield Park, compiled by Marion Lobstein (mblobstein@earthlink.net); edited by Linda Wilcox
IRONWEED, NOT IRONCLAD: September 2013
• New York Ironweed (Vernonia Noveboracensis)
• Ironweed, Not Ironclad: Taxonomic Changes
THE DOGBANES OF SUMMER: July 2013
• Butterfly-weed and other Milkweeds
• There and Back Again: A Short Taxonomic History of Milkweed
ALL IN THE FAMILY: May 2013
• Trillium: A Family to Call Its Own
• Where Have All the Lilies Gone? Long-Time Changin’ in the Lilaceous Families
FAIRY SPUDS: March 2013
• History of Classification of Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty)
• Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)
WOLF’S PAWS: January 2013
• Clubmosses: An Ancient and Interesting Group of “Fern Allies”
• Taxonomy of Lycophyaceae
GOLDENRODS: November 2012
• Goldenrods: Falsely Accused?
• Taxonomic Changes for Regional Species of Goldenrods
ASTERS REDUX: September 2012
• Overview of Changes to Asteraceae and Aster Species Found in Northern Virginia to Upper Shenandoah National Park
• Taxonomic Changes for Regional Species of Asteraceae
DEEP CUT: August 2012
• Summer-Early Autumn Plant Checklist for Deep Cut Meadow, Manassas National Battlefield Park, compiled by Marion Lobstein (mblobstein@earthlink.net); edited by Linda Wilcox
TURTLES: July 2012
Scrophulariaceae to Plantaginaceae: Turtlehead (Chelone Glabra)
• Changes in Taxonomy of Chelone glabra and the Traditional Scrophulariaceae (Figwort Family) (Includes linked bibliography)
• Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) Plant Profile
DUCKFEET: May 2012
Berberidaceae: Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
• An overview of the history of the naming and classification of Mayapple
• Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) Plant Profile