Plant Specimens Housed in the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site Herbarium.
----- Cedar County, West Branch, Iowa -----


Members of the Hypericaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number 		Collection
Date 		Collection
Year 		Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Hypericum punctatum Lam. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637078, 4614266 Christiansen, Paul 3024 15-Jul-02 2002 Low reconstructed prairie. NE1/4_Sec.7. spotted St. John's wort .
Hypericum punctatum Lam. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 Christiansen, Paul 3064 27-Jul-00 2000 West border of prairie. Low, drainage-way in reconstructed prairie. NE1/4_Sec.7. spotted St. John's wort .
Hypericum pyramidatum Aiton . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637056, 4614224 Christiansen, Paul 3023 5-Jul-02 2002 Low reconstructed prairie. NE1/4_Sec.7. giant St. John's wort. Hypericum ascyron L. ssp. pyramidatum (Aiton) N. Robson

Members of the Juglandaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Juglans nigra L. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637501, 4619043 Christiansen, Paul 3034 15-Jul-02 2002 Upland reconstructed prairie border. NE1/4_Sec.7. black walnut .

Members of the Lamiaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Glechoma hederacea L. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637459, 4613966 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9011 10-May-02 2002 Upland weedy berm. NE1/4_Sec.7. creeping Charlie .
Monarda fistulosa L. . UTM(X,Y): 0637099, 4614335 Middlemis 8034 29-Aug-00 2000 Mesic habitat, among nut trees. Wild bergamot .
Monarda fistulosa L. . UTM(X,Y): 0637132, 4614247 Middlemis 8013 7-Aug-00 2000 Dry mesic habitat. Wild bergamot .
Monarda fistulosa L. . UTM: 636895, 4614560 Hammond 7019 July, 2000 2000 Dry areas, full sun, recently planted to forbs. wild bergamot .
Nepeta cataria L. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM : 637444, 4613965 Christiansen, Paul 3027 15-Jul-02 2002 Upland weedy berm. NE1/4_Sec.7. catnip .
Physostegia parviflora Nutt. ex Gray . UTM(X,Y): 0637117,4614236 Middlemis 8028 29-Aug-00 2000 Mesic habitat in nut trees. Obedient plant .
Physostegia parviflora Nutt. ex Gray . UTM(X,Y): 0637132, 4614247 Middlemis 8014 7-Aug-00 2000 Dry mesic habitat. Obedient plant .
Physostegia parviflora Nutt. ex Gray . UTM(X,Y): 637079, 4614287 Hammond 7026 4-Jul-00 2000 Dry area, full sun. obedient plant .
Pycnanthemum virginianum (L.) T.Durand & B.D.Jacks. . UTM(X,Y): 0637096, 4614338 Middlemis 8102 29-Aug-00 2000 Moist mesic habitat. Mountain mint .
Teucrium canadense L. var. virginicum (L.) Eaton UTM: 637485.992395683, 4614399.8548753 Holding s.n. 30-Jul-09 2009 South bank of Hoover Creek near the presidential library-museum. Germander .

Members of the Malvaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Abutilon theophrasti Medik. . UTM: 637493, 4613984 Hammond & Middlemis 7040 20-Jul-00 2000 Dry area, full sun. . velvet leaf .

Members of the Moraceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Morus alba L. . UTM: 637408, 4614224. Hammond & Middlemis 7032 20-Jul-00 2000 Dry area, full sun. white mulberry .

Members of the Nyctaginaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637450, 4613956 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9056 23-Sep-02 2002 Upland weedy berm. NE1/4_Sec.7. wild four-o'clock. Oxybaphus nyctagineus (Michx.) Sweet

Members of the Oleaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Fraxinus americana L. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637114, 4614133 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9038 5-Jun-02 2002 Lower slope, Bromus inermis cover. NE1/4_Sec.7. white ash .
Syringa vulgaris L. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637621, 4614197 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9013 10-May-02 2002 Upland savanna. NE1/4_Sec.7. lilac .

Members of the Onagraceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Gaura biennis L. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 Middlemis, S. 9078 10-Aug-04 2004 Mesic habitat. NE1/4_Sec.7. biennial gaura .
Oenothera biennis L. ssp. centralis Munz T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 537104, 4614122 Christiansen, Paul 3048 20-Aug-02 2002 Upland reconstructed prairie. NE1/4_Sec.7. evening primrose .

Members of the Oxalicaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Oxalis stricta L. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637473, 4613984 Christiansen, Paul 3032 15-Jul-02 2002 Upland weedy berm. NE1/4_Sec.7. yellow wood sorrel .

Members of the Polygonaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Polygonum pensylvanicum L. . UTM(X,Y): 0637119, 4614240 Middlemis 8077 29-Aug-00 2000 Mesic habitat, among nut trees. Pennsylvania smartweed. Persicaria pensylvanica (L.) M. Gomez
Polygonum scandens L. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637089, 4614455 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9063 23-Sep-02 2002 Low reconstructed prairie. NE1/4_Sec.7. climbing false buckwheat. Fallopia scandens (L.) Holub
Rumex altissimus Wood . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637537, 4614146 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9017 5-Jun-02 2002 Upland, disturbed prairie. NE1/4_Sec.7. smooth dock .
Rumex crispus L. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637434, 4613961 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9033 5-Jun-02 2002 Upland weedy berm. NE1/4_Sec.7. curly dock .
Rumex crispus L. . UTM(X,Y): 637201, 4614120 Hammond 6078 June, 2000 2000 Mesic habitat. curly dock .

Members of the Ranunculaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Anemone canadensis L. . UTM: 637085, 4614264 Hammond & Stevens 6013 June, 2000 2000 Drainage area, lowland, full sun. Canada anemone .
Anemone cylindrica Gray . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 636976, 4614286 Christiansen, Paul 3021 15-Jul-02 2002 Low reconstructed prairie. NE1/4_sec .7. windflower .
Thalictrum dasycarpum Fischer & Ave-Lall. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 Christiansen, Paul 3003 20-Jun-02 2002 Low reconstructed prairie. NE1/4_sec.7. purple meadow-rue Thalictrum dasycarpum Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Ave-Lall.

Members of the Rosaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Geum canadense Jacq. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637049, 4614157 Christiansen, Paul 3002 20-Jun-02 2002 Mid lower slope, reconstructed prairie. NE1/4_sec.7. white avens .
Potentilla arguta Pursh . UTM: 637244, 4614215 Hammond & Stevens 6005 June, 2000 2000 Dry area, full sun, recently planted to forbs. tall cinquefoil. Drymocallis arguta (Pursh) Rydb.
Prunus americana Marsh. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637085, 4614063 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9039 5-Jun-02 2002 Upland drainage way, reconstructed prairie. NE1/4_Sec.7. wild plum .
Prunus serotina Ehrh. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637630, 4614245 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9012 10-May-02 2002 Upland savanna border. NE1/4_sec.7. black cherry .
Prunus serotina Ehrh. . UTM: 637404, 4614228. Hammond & Middlemis 7033 20-Jul-00 2000 Dry area, full sun. Original i.d.: Prunus virginiana. Annot.: 4/29/2002 by P.Christiansen .
Prunus virginiana L. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637501, 4614040 Christiansen, Paul 3035 15-Jul-02 2002 Upland reconstructed prairie, stump sprout following spring burn. choke cherry. [Padus virginiana (L.) M. Roem. of some authors] .
Rosa multiflora Thunb. ex Murray . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637499, 4614096 Christiansen, Paul 3011 20-Jun-02 2002 Upland reconstructed prairie; 1 m shrub. NE1/4_Sec.7. multiflora rose .
Rubus sp. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 Christiansen, Paul 3055 3-Aug-00 2000 Mid-slope, reconstructed prairie. NE1/4_Sec.7. PP4 (permanent plot?) [ Rubus sect. Arguti Rydberg, Det by: M. P. Widrlechner. Specimen lacks primocane.] Raspberry .

Members of the Rubiaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Galium aparine L. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637422, 4613947 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9008 10-May-02 2002 Upland weedy berm. NE1/4_Sec.7. cleavers .

Members of the Salicaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Populus sp. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637459, 4613952 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9028 5-Jun-02 2002 Upland weedy berm. NE1/4_Sec.7. hybrid poplar .
Salix babylonica L. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9003 10-May-02 2002 Mid-slope drainage-way, in savanna area. NE1/4_Sec.7. weeping willow .
Salix cf nigra Marsh. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 Christiansen, Paul 3067 27-Jul-00 2000 Mid-slope reconstructed prairie. West of row of ash trees SW of gravesite. NE1/4_Sec.7. black willow. [Salix amygdaloides Andersson of some authors] .

Members of the Scrophulariaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Linaria vulgaris Mill. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637074, 4614221 Christiansen, Paul 3045 20-Aug-02 2002 Low reconstructed prairie. NE1/4_Sec.7. butter and eggs. Family: Plantaginaceae
Pedicularis canadensis L. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637182, 4614122 Christiansen, Paul 3020 15-Jul-02 2002 Upland reconstructed prairie. NE1/4_Sec.7. lousewort. Family: Orobanchaceae
Penstemon digitalis Nutt. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637439, 4613952. Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9031 5-Jun-02 2002 Upland weedy berm. NE1/4_Sec.7. foxglove penstemon. Family: Plantaginaceae. Consider: Penstemon laevigatus subsp. digitalis (Nutt. ex Sims) R.W. Benn.
Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637059, 4614276 Christiansen, Paul 3019 15-Jul-02 2002 Low reconstructed prairie. NE1/4_Sec.7. Culver's root. Family: Plantaginaceae

Members of the Solanaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Physalis heterophylla Nees . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637120, 4614162 Christiansen, Paul 3047 20-Aug-02 2002 Lower slope, Bromus & Solidago. Fraxinus overhead. ground cherry .
Physalis virginiana P. Miller . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637446, 4613954 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9057 23-Sep-02 2002 Upland weedy berm. NE1/4_sec.7. ground cherry .
Solanum carolinense L. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637120, 4614162 Christiansen, Paul 3046 20-Aug-02 2002 Lower slope, Bromus & Solidago. Fraxinus overhead. NE1/4_Sec.7. horse nettle .

Members of the Tiliaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Tilia americana L. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637319, 4614227 Christiansen, Paul 3016 20-Jun-02 2002 Lower slope, alta fescue dominant. NE1/4_sec.7. basswood. Family: Malvaceae

Members of the Ulmaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Ulmus pumila L. . UTM: 637411, 4614212. Hammond & Middlemis 7038 20-Jul-00 2000 Dry area, full sun. Siberian elm .

Members of the Urticaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Urtica dioica L. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637066, 4614456 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9055 23-Sep-02 2002 Low shaded woodland. NE1/4_Sec.7. stinging nettle .

Members of the Verbenaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Verbena stricta Vent. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9068 8-Aug-03 2003 Berm in southeast part of prairie. Weedy upland reconstructed prairie. NE1/4_Sec.7. hoary vervain .
Verbena urticifolia L. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9063 30-Jul-03 2003 Lowland reconstructed prairie dominated by Solidago canadensis. Low area near permanent plot 1. NE1/4_Sec.7. white vervain .

Members of the Violaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Viola pratincola Greene . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637095, 4614258 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9004 10-May-02 2002 Low, weedy west nut grove. NE1/4_sec.7. common blue violet. Viola sororia Willd.

Members of the Vitaceae present in the herbarium at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site.

Scientific Name Subspecific Category
 Tshp•Range•Sec.&UTM Coord.. Collector Collection
Number		 Collection
Date		 Collection
Year		 Special
Notes 		Accepted
Name
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planchon . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637547, 4614145 Christiansen, Paul & Sherry Middlemis-Brown 9019 5-Jun-02 2002 Upland savanna. NE1/4_sec.7. Virginia creeper .
Vitis riparia Michx. . T7N_R4W_Sec.7 and UTM: 637269, 4613974 Christiansen, Paul 3007 20-Jun-02 2002 Upland reconstructed prairie. NE1/4_Sec.7. riverbank grape. Vitis vulpina L.

♦ 57 records were retrieved from the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site herbarium.

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