Week of July 20 - Flora – Todd Boland (guest editor)

Wikipedia Needs Assessment – NL Flora

A Selection of Existing Articles to Improve:

Astragalus robbinsii (needs content for Fernald’s milkvetch)
Betula michauxii (Newfoundland dwarf birch) (needs expansion)
Degelia plumbea (Blue felt lichen) (needs NL content)
Heracleum mantegazzianum (Giant hogweed) (needs NL content)
Krummholz (Tuckamore) (needs NL content)
Labrador Tea (needs more NL content)
Pitcher Plant (needs more NL content)
Rubus chamaemorus (Bakeapple) (needs more NL content and citations)
Sphagnum (Peat Moss) (needs NL content)
Southcott, Mary (needs info re Wild Flowers publication)

Suggested New Articles to Create:

Arnica griscomii
Astragalus bodinii
Braya humilis (Low Northern Rockcress)
Crowded Wormseed Mustard
Erioderma mollissimum
Mackenzie's sweetvetch
Oxytropis deflexa
Cerastium terrae-novae
Cerastium beeringianum
Arenaria humifusa
Minuartia marcescens
Minuartia dawsonensis
Draba arabisans
Draba incana
Draba glabella
Draba nivalis
Draba norvegica
Lomatogonium rotatum
Primula laurentiana
Primula egaliksensis
Salix vestita
Salix arctophylla
Salix argyrocarpa
Salix calcicola
Salix uva-ursi

Jackson, Bernard
Wildflower Society of Newfoundland and Labrador

Online Resources on NL Flora

“Flora” in Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador Volume 2, pp. 221-227.
“Wild Flowers” in Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador Volume 5, pp. 570-572.
Agnes Marion Ayre Herbarium Artwork
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden
Foray Newfoundland and Labrador
Omphalina – Newsletter of Foray NL
Osprey – Publication of Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador (NHSNL)
General Status of Species – Plants (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador – Dept. of Fisheries and Land Resources)
Newfoundland Rare Plant Project (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador – Dept. of Fisheries and Land Resources)
Species at Risk – Plants (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador – Dept. of Fisheries and Land Resources.

Also consult Online Resources with Newfoundland and Labrador Content.

Recommended readings and potential citations for articles:

Ayre, Agnes Marion. Wild Flowers of Newfoundland. St. John's, Newfoundland: Published Privately by A.M. Ayre, 1935.

Boland, Todd. Trees and Shrubs of Newfoundland and Labrador : Field Guide. Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, N.L.: Boulder Publications, 2011

Boland, Todd, and Stephanie Porter. Wildflowers and Ferns of Newfoundland. Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, Newfoundland and Labrador : Boulder Publications, 2017.

Collins, M. A. J. Plants and Wildflowers of Newfoundland. St. John's, Nfld.: Jesperson, 1994.

Fernald, Merritt Lyndon. “A botanical expedition to Newfoundland and southern Labrador.” Rhodora : Journal of the New England Botanical Club, vol. 13, no. 151 (July 1911), p. [109]-162.

Jackson, Bernard S. Rock Gardening in Newfoundland : A Guide for the Layman. St. John's: Oxen Pond Botanic Park, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1975.

Lysaght, A. M. Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1766 : His Diary, Manuscripts, and Collections. Berkeley: University of California, 1971.

Macpherson, Alan G., Macpherson, Joyce Brown. The Natural Environment of Newfoundland, Past and Present. St. John's: Dept. of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1981.

Morgan, M. O. “Tribute to Bernard Jackson”. Osprey, September 1993, Vol. 24(3), pp. 162-164.

Robertson, Alexander, F. C. Pollett, and O. A. Olsen. Peatland Flora of Newfoundland. St. John's: Newfoundland Forest Research Centre, 1973.

Rouleau, Ernest. List of the Vascular Plants of the Province of Newfoundland (Canada). St. John's, Nfld.: Oxen Pond Botanic Park, 1978.

Rouleau, Ernest. Studies on the Vascular Flora of the Province of Newfoundland (Canada) -- I, II & III. Montréal: Institut Botanique De L'Université De Montréal, 1956.

Ryan, A. Glen. Native Trees and Shrubs of Newfoundland and Labrador. St. John's Nfld.: Parks Division, Dept. of Tourism, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1978.

Scott, Peter J. Edible Fruits and Herbs of Newfoundland. St. John's: Oxen Pond Botanic Park, 1975.

Scott, Peter J. Edible Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador. Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, N.L.: Boulder Publications, 2010.

Scott, Peter J., and Dorothy Skeet-Black. Wildflowers of Newfoundland and Labrador. Portugal Cove, N.L.: Boulder Publications, 2008.

Southcott, Mary. Some Newfoundland Wild Flowers. St. John's, Nfld.: Robinson, 1915.

Titford, Bill, and Titford, June. A Travellers' Guide to Wild Flowers of Newfoundland, Canada. St. John's, Nfld: Flora Frames, 1995.

Voitk, Andrus. A Little Illustrated Book of Common Mushrooms of Newfoundland and Labrador. Rocky Harbour, N.L.: Gros Morne Co-operating Association, 2007.

Waghorne, Arthur C. A Summary Account of the Wild Berries and Other Edible Fruits of Newfoundland and Labrador. St. John's, Nfld.: "Mercury" Print, 1888.