Botany

Algae
Arkansas has a very diverse assemblage of algae. The majority of the research conducted on algae in the state ...
Arkansas Black Apple
The Arkansas Black Apple is recognized by early sources as having been first produced in 1870 in the orchard o...
Arkansas Native Plant Society
The Arkansas Native Plant Society (ANPS) was established in 1980 to promote, first, the preservation, conserva...
Arkansas State Horticultural Society (ASHS)
The Arkansas State Horticultural Society (ASHS) is a horticultural crop producers’ organization whose primar...
Joseph Bachman (1853–1928)
Joseph Bachman is widely recognized as Arkansas’s leading developer of grape varieties. During his career, h...
Bodark
aka: Osage Orange
aka: Maclura pomifera
aka: Bois d'Arc
aka: Horse Apple
aka: Hedge Apple
The bodark tree (Maclura pomifera) is a common tree in Arkansas, kn...
Botanical Garden of the Ozarks
The Botanical Garden of the Ozarks (BGO) in Fayetteville (Washington County) opened in 2007 on acreage leased ...
Florence Clyde Chandler (1901–1984)
Florence Clyde Chandler was a plant geneticist with a broad background in tree-breeding and the induction of p...
Frank Edwin Chowning (1894–1981)
Frank Chowning was a longtime Little Rock (Pulaski County) attorney. He was also a plant enthusiast whose work...
Famous and Historic Tree Program
The purpose of the Arkansas Famous and Historic Tree Program (AFHTP) is to create a greater awareness and appr...
Ferns
Ferns are among the most ancient plant forms, distinguished by having a defined vascular system, reproducing b...
Carl Glenn Hunter (1923–2005)
Conservationist Carl Glenn Hunter achieved prominence in two branches of the Arkansas outdoors—its fauna and...
Invasive Plants
aka: Exotic Plants
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Servi...
Irons Fork Experimental Forest
Shortly after experimental forests were authorized for the U.S. Forest Service (USFS)—an agency of the U....
Kudzu
Kudzu (Pueraria lobata) is an invasive vine characterized by aggressive growth and clusters of grape-scented p...
Lavacaberry
The Lavacaberry is a hybrid variety of berry that takes its name from the town of Lavaca (Sebastian County), w...
Lichens
aka: Reindeer Moss
aka: Iceland Moss
A lichen is a composite organism that is the result of a simple pho...
Lost 40
The Lost 40 is a forty-acre tract of mature forest along Wolf Branch (a tributary of Moro Creek) in southeaste...
Maple-Leaf Oak
aka: Quercus acerifolia
Maple-leaf oak (Quercus acerifolia) is a rare tree species commonly...
Moon Trees
During the United States Bicentennial Celebration in 1976, sapling trees that had been grown from germinated s...
James Norman (Jim) Moore (1931–2017)
James Norman (Jim) Moore bred a number of fruit species to be more easily grown in Arkansas. One of the world...
Carl Avriette Moosberg (1905–1990)
Cotton breeder Carl Avriette Moosberg demonstrated that advances in the early maturing of cotton were possible...
Thomas Nuttall (1786–1859)
Thomas Nuttall, a preeminent and far-ranging field naturalist, participated in the early scientific exploratio...
Shrubs
In 2016, a total of 436 kinds of woody plants were known to occur in the wild in Arkansas, comprising 419 spec...
Stern's Medlar
aka: Crataegus × Canescens
aka: Mespilus canescens
Stern’s medlar (Mespilus canescens or Crataegus × canescens) is ...
Trees
When European explorers first came to Arkansas in the sixteenth century, they found the vast majority of the s...
University of Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center
The University of Arkansas Rice Research and Extension Center (RREC), one of five research and extension cente...
Vines
In 2016, a total of 436 kinds of woody plants were known to occur in the wild in Arkansas, comprising 419 spec...
Wildflowers
The varied ecosystems in Arkansas enable a large variety of wildflowers to grow within the state. From the riv...
Virginia Anne Rice Williams (1919–1970)
Biochemist Virginia Anne Rice Williams helped develop more nutritious grains through her pioneering studies of...