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We thank the Friends of Mount Aventine and the Maryland Native Plant Society for helping to fund this report.
We greatly appreciate the generous help from Meghan Tice for typing, formatting, and editing this report and checking scientific nomenclature and common names; and from Jim Long for reviewing and editing.
Special thanks are also extended to the following individuals and organizations for their invaluable assistance:
- Pat and John Stamper and members of SAMMS
- the Maryland Native Plant Society
- the Friends of Mount Aventine
- Jim Long and the Friends of Mattawoman Creek
- Stan Shetler
- Jim Rosenstock
- L.K. Thomas, Jr.
- Dave Linthicum
- Ed Terrell
- Kathy McCarthy
- Judy Cole
- Paul Peterson and members of the Botanical Society of Washington
- Alex Winter
- Bonnie Bick
- Richard Klein
- Lou Aronica
- Sharon Geil
- Bob DeGroot and MAGIC
- John Parrish
- Marc Imlay
- Larry Morse
- Gary Fleming
- Chris Frye
- Bill Sipple
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- Brent Steury
Literature Cited
- Femald, M.L. 1950. Gray's manual of botany. 8th edition. American Book Company, New York.
- Fleming, G.P., P.P. Coulling, D.P.Walton, K.M. McCoy, and M.R. Parrish. 2001. The natural communities of Virginia: classification of ecological community groups. Natural Heritage Technical Report 01-1. Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. Unpublished report.
- Hitchcock, A.S. and P.C. Standley. 1919. Flora of the District of Columbia and vicinity. Contr. U.S. NatLHerb.21.
- Long, J.P. 1999. Meter reading ofpH at Araby Bog. Personal communication.
- McAtee, W.L. 1918. A sketch of the natural history of the District of Columbia. Bull. Biol. Soc. Washington No. 1.
- Morse, L.E. 2000. North American Botanist, Association for Biodiversity Information. Personal communication.
- NatureServe: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. 2001. Version 1.3. Arlington, Virginia, USA: Association for Biodiversity Information. Available: http://www.natureserve.org/.
- Rosenstock, J.A. 2001. Statement on Araby Bog by James A. Rosenstock to the Charles County Planning Board.
- Severn River Association. 2000. Anne Arundel County legislative initiative for bog preservation. Unpublished report.
- Shetler, S.G. 1970. The Suitland Bog. Atlantic Naturalist 25:65-68.
- Shetler, S.G. 2000. List of plants recorded in or near Araby Bog. Unpublished report.
- Shreve, F., M.A. Chrysler, F.H. Blodgett, and F.W. Besley. 1910. The plant life of Maryland. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore, MD.
- Simmons, R.H. 1995. A survey of terrace gravel communities in the Washington, D.C. area. Unpublished.
- Simmons, R.H. and Strong, M.T. 2001. Last remaining terrace gravel bogs and their flora in the Washington, D.C. vicinity. Unpublished.
- Sipple, W.S. 1999. Days afield: exploring wetlands in the Chesapeake Bay region. Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD.
- Thomas, L.K., Jr. 1991. Natural national significance ofOxon Run Magnolia Bogs. Report and memorandum.
- Thomas, L.K., Jr. 2000. The Araby Bog. Unpublished report.
- USDA, NRCS. 2001. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.1 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
- Weems, R.E. 1995. U.S. Geological Survey. Personal communication.
Photo Credits
Web page title photo and Plates 11 and 13 by James P. Long
Plate 1 by Andrew H. Macdonald
Plates 2, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 16,17, and 18 by Roderick H. Simmons
Plates 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, and 15 by Meghan D. Tice
Contact:
- Maryland Native Plant Society
P.O. Box 4877
Silver Spring, MD 20914
www.mdflora.org
- SAMMS (Save Araby, Mattawoman, & Mason Springs)
5110 Mason Springs Road
Indian Head, MD 20640
www.samms.org
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