Arkansas' Rare and Endemic Wildflower Species Photo Gallery by Craig Fraiser at pbase.com

Arkansas' Rare and Endemic Wildflower Species

The wildflowers featured in this gallery have been labeled species of "special concern" by The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission. Some of these species have the highest scarcity ranks both globally and within the state (G1/S1-G3/S3). Also included are a number of state and regional endemics that, while they may be locally common in some areas, are restricted to Arkansas or to a particular ecoregion and are rare globally. At this time the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission has listed over 450 species of "special concern". Enjoy...Craig

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Rare Species Of Arkansas	Only In Arkansas	Amorpha ouachitensis	Amorpha ouachitensis	Amsonia hubrichtii
Amsonia hubrichtii	Amsonia hubrichtii	Anemone acutiloba	Anemone acutiloba	Asplenium x gravesii
Asplenium pinnatifidum	Astragalus crassicarpus var. trichocalyx	Astragalus leptocarpus	Astragalus leptocarpus	Astragalus soxmaniorum
Astragalus soxmaniorum	Calopogon oklahomensis	Calopogon oklahomensis	Camassia angusta	Camassia angusta
Cardamine angustata var. ouachitana	Cardamine angustata var. ouachitana	Cardamine angustata var. ouachitana	Cardamine dissecta	Cardamine dissecta
Cardamine douglassii	Cardamine douglassii	Cardamine douglassii	Rare Indeed	Carex latebracteata
Carex latebracteata	Cooperia drummondii	Cooperia drummondii	Crataegus triflora	Crataegus triflora
Cypripedium kentuckiense	Cypripedium kentuckiense	Delphinium newtonianum	Delphinium newtonianum	Delphinium treleasei
Delphinium treleasei	Delphinium treleasei	Eriocaulon decangulare	Eriocaulon decangulare	Eriocaulon kornickianum
Eriocaulon kornickianum	Erysimum capitatum	Erysimum capitatum	Erythronium mesochoreum	Erythronium mesochoreum
Gentiana puberulenta	Gentiana puberulenta	Gentiana puberulenta	Gentiana saponaria	Gentiana saponaria
Geocarpon minimum	Geocarpon minimum	Gratiola brevifolia	Gratiola brevifolia	Habenaria repens

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Andr� Bessot		30-Apr-2008 15:05
Excellent job Craig. I do not know all these beautiful wild flowers, but with the time... Thank you and regards. Andr�

Jon		04-Mar-2008 17:38
Excellent photos and expertly captioned with the botonical names! I really enjoyed viewing each one of these shots. Thanks for posting them. I am new at photography and your great work inspires me. What camera and macro lenses do you use?

Brooks Rownd		04-Mar-2008 03:49
Wonderful collection of natives! So many people will just take endless photos of any old thing that looks colorful, but the native stuff in its native habitats is far more interesting!

JJ		12-Oct-2007 14:00
OMG!!!!!!!! This is so fantabulus. I have to tell my friends!! This will help us with our project!!!

edwina beaumont		04-Oct-2007 11:02
this is a great project so many lovely flowers brought together and shown to such advantage

Andr� Bessot		27-Sep-2007 15:24
Excellent work Craig. Some of these flowers doesn't exist in my country. Regards.

Michael Dougherty		27-Sep-2007 15:13
This is really great. I didn't expect to find this resource. My wife and I live atop Gaither Mountain and adjacent to the Ponca Wilderness near Compton. I would be interested in communicating about rare flowers and threatened species. I think I may have some in my yard that are not in this collection. I would be willing to guide you back to the top bluff area in pursuit of additional species or for your documentary purposes. Great job, and great work. I love to take flower pictures so if I can be of help let me know. Michael Dougherty Compton, Arkansas

Ada McElhenney		18-Jun-2007 17:09
Beautiful site. thanks. I am looking for a flower foound only in Chidester,red sandy soil. The coral-pink flowers look like penstemon but the leaves ,clasping,are silvery and round. It grows from a flowerette of leaves, hugging the ground in spring, to tall bloomin spires that emerge from the clasping leaves that whirl around stem.. University of Arkansas reserchers have been several times to note them and photograph them. According to them, these flowers only grow near Chidester and in Florida. Can ayone help identify these lovely plants.

Annette		08-Jun-2007 15:48
Hey "Boss Man"... I looked at all the thumbnails and couldn't decide. They are all gorgeous. You'll ljust have to help me. I guess my favorite is the streptanthus maculatus ssp. obtusifolius. But, I'm not sure. You know how I am with decisions. I'll need your expert opinion.

enny jameson		25-May-2007 19:02
excelelnt work, very interesting.

Garrie Rouse		17-Jun-2006 17:07
Craig, Some fascinating plants here. If you are just starting to take photography seriously as you say, you sure have gone at it with a bang. I'll need to try and look you up if I ever make it to the Ozarks. Garrie

Ulla Kruys		25-Apr-2006 16:30
Fantastic collection!

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