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7,742 images of ca. 2,902 species (ca. 97% of the state flora), and 63,056 county occurrences for browse and search in the Vascular Plant Herbarium as of 07/21/2008. The remaining 3% are introduced species known from three or fewer counties that have not become established as part of the Tennessee flora.
Photographs of the woody plants of Tennessee (with Wofford & Chester caption) are from “Guide to Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Tennessee” by B. Eugene Wofford & Edward W. Chester. For additional information about this book contact the University of Tennessee Press (under seasonal catalogs) at: www.utpress.org.
Approximately 1,100 images of grasses, sedges, and rushes were scanned and processed by Chris A. Fleming, botany graduate student, from specimens deposited in the University of Tennessee Herbarium (TENN). 4,396 images of mostly herbaceous species were also added to image archive and photo link entries of database by Chris Fleming as of October 14, 2004. Images are dynamically linked and displayed upon users inquiry via the online Flora Database developed by Victor Ma.
Daniel Reed has generously provided 269 excellent images now available for viewing on 11/01/2002 from his website "Wildflowers of the Southeastern United Sates." This site has numerous other images and additional information about each species. We highly recommend that you visit www.2bnthewild.com.
Dennis D. Horn is a retired engineer; his interest in vascular plants began in 1965 while hiking in the Smokies. He has been involved with the TN Native Plant Society since 1978 and is currently Vice-President. He is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for rare plants in TN. He began plant photography in the early 1980's and has recently provided 332 high quality images made available for viewing on 12/13/2002.
The Division of Natural History, Tennessee Dept. of Environment and Conservation, has provided over 100 images of a significant number of Tennessee rare plants as well as many of the endemic or near endemic species from the cedar glades of middle Tennessee. These images were made available for viewing on 12/13/2002.
Thomas G. Barnes, Univ. of Kentucky, has provided over 600 excellent images made available for viewing on 02/28/03. Many of these images will appear in a forthcoming Univ. Press of KY book, A Guide to the Wildflowers and Ferns of Kentucky. Dr. Barnes in an Extension Professor & Wildlife Specialist and an award-winning photographer and writer (Gardening for the Birds & Kentucky's Last Great Places).
The Tennessee Native Plant Society (TNPS) contributed over 300 images now available for viewing. Numerous members provided these images and are acknowledged with their photographs. These and nearly 500 additional high quality images appear in the official TNPS field guide Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians published in May 2005. Over 1250 species in 90 plant families are described with special notes added about history, folklore, ethnobotany, and origin of plant names. For additional information visit the TNPS website at www.tnps.org
Steve Baskauf, Vanderbilt University, provided 400 high quality images posted on the website in September 2005. These images and many others can also be viewed on his bioimages website: bioimages.cas.vanderbilt.edu
Eugene Wofford, director of the TENN Herbarium, provided 701 new images of woody plants in winter condition (386 taxa from 161 families) added on July 21, 2008.
The initiative to add plant images to our existing distribution maps of the vascular plants of Tennessee began with a grant from The University of Tennessee Libraries Digital Center (DLC). To date, the DLC has provided ca. 1500 electronic images that are now available for viewing. The majority of original images were provided by personnel of The University of Tennessee Botany Dept., Knoxville, TN and the Austin Peay State University Center for Field Biology, Clarksville, TN.
Usage and reproduction of distribution maps, images, and other data are authorized without permission for personal, noncommercial, educational, or scientific purposes. We request that the University of Tennessee Herbarium and Austin Peay State University web sites, and a photographer and/or copyright holder be properly acknowledged. This web site may not be used for commercial purposes or added to other web pages accessible on the world wide web without prior permission. Please contact B. Eugene Wofford for permission requests.
| Photographer | Institution |
| Claude Bailey | Jackson State Community College, Jackson, Tennessee |
| Thomas G. Barnes | University of Kentucky, Lexington |
| Steve Baskauf | Vanderbilt University |
| John Beck | Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) |
| Daniel Boone | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Barry Brown, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Dan Busemeyer | Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois |
| Geoff Call | |
| Bill Campbell, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Edward W. Chester | Austin Peay State University |
| Ross C. Clark | Eastern Kentucky University |
| Richard H. Conners, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Patricia Cox | Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) |
| Todd Crabtree | Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation |
| Adam Dattilo | TVA Natural Heritage Project |
| Paul G. Davison | University of North Alabama, Florence |
| W. Michael Dennis | Orlando, Florida |
| Jamey Donaldson | |
| Richard Doub, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Jerry Drown, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| David Duhl | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Paul Durr | Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Lee Echols | |
| Carlen Emanuel | Alabama Natural History Association |
| Kurt Emmanuele, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Dwayne Estes | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| A. Murray Evans | Brookfield, Vermont |
| John R. Evans | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Richard and Bonnie Farner | |
| Jenny Fiedler | Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) |
| Janie Cooper Finch, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Kevin C. Fitch | Winchester, Tennessee |
| Chris A. Fleming | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Douglas Goldman | Cambridge, MA |
| Robert R. Haynes | University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa |
| Alan S. Heilman | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Nita Heilman, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Thomas Hemmeryly, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| James Henderson | |
| Don Hess | |
| Darel Hess | |
| Ann Hill, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Otto Hirsch, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Ed Honicker, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Dennis D. Horn | Tullahoma, Tennessee |
| Becky Hughes, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Bart Jones | Memphis, Tennessee |
| John Laux | |
| Edgar B. Lickey | Bridgewater College, Virginia |
| Terry Livingston, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Ken D. McFarland | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Carrie S. Miller | Tullahoma, Tennessee |
| Carol & Hugh Nourse, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Hugh Nourse, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Mark Pistrang | U.S. Forest Service, Cleveland, Tennessee |
| Heidi Pollard | Tullahoma, Tennessee |
| Verna Powell | |
| Milo Pyne, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Paul Rebmann | Ormond Beach, Florida |
| Daniel Reed | Mt. Juliet, Tennessee |
| Margaret Rhinehart, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| James & Dorothy Richardson, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Hal and Nancy Robinson | |
| Mary Schaffner, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Ed Schell, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Graham Sexton | Farragut, TN |
| Aaron J. Sharp (deceased) | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Stanley Sims, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Kunsiri C. Siripun | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Cete Smith | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| David K. Smith | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Gary Snyder | |
| Paul Sommers, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Dick Sooy (deceased) | |
| Jim Triplett | Iowa State University |
| Matt Valente | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Kathy Wallace, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Miriam Weinstein, TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
| Jun Wen | Boone, North Carolina |
| B. Eugene Wofford | University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| DNH | Tennessee Div. of Natural Heritage, Dept. of Environment and Conservation |
| TENN | University of Tennessee Herbarium, Knoxville |
| TNPS | Tennessee Native Plant Society |
