James Stubbendieck - Legumes of the Great Plains

James Stubbendieck and Jessica L. Milby

Illustrated by Bellamy Parks Jansen, Regina O. Hughes, and Keith Westover

University of Nebraska Press | Lincoln

2021 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska

Cover designed by University of Nebraska Press; cover image: Baptisia bracteataby Ethan Freese.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Stubbendieck, James L., author. | Milby, Jessica L., author. | Jansen, Bellamy Parks, illustrator. | Hughes, Regina O., 18951993, illustrator. | Westover, Keith, illustrator.

Title: Legumes of the Great Plains: an illustrated guide / James Stubbendieck and Jessica L. Milby, illustrated by Bellamy Parks Jansen, Regina O. Hughes, and Keith Westover.

Description: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, [2021] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020011872

ISBN 9781496217752 (hardback)

ISBN 9781496224569 (epub)

ISBN 9781496224576 (mobi)

ISBN 9781496224583 (pdf)

Subjects: LCSH : LegumesGreat PlainsIdentification. | LegumesGreat PlainsPictorial works.

Classification: LCC QK 495. L 52 S 925 2021 | DDC 583/.63dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020011872

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Dedicated to

Dr. Lowell E. Moser: scientist, teacher, mentor, and friend

Elverne C. Conard was a coauthor of Common Legumes of the Great Plains(University of Nebraska Press, 1989), and many of his contributions carry forward to this work. We express appreciation to Jerry Volesky, University of Nebraska West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte, without whose help this project would not have been possible.

We acknowledge John Guretzky, Daren Redfearn, Bruce Anderson, Francis Haskins, and Walter Schacht, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of NebraskaLincoln, for answering specific technical questions and being willing to take time to discuss problems encountered during the preparation of this manuscript. Cheryl Dunn, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of NebraskaLincoln, provided guidance for the preparation of the maps and figures. Robert B. Kaul, School of Biological Sciences and State Museum, University of NebraskaLincoln, and David M. Sutherland, Biology Department, University of NebraskaOmaha, answered many taxonomic questions.

Appreciation is expressed to the University of Nebraska Press for permission to print the map of the Great Plains (reprinted from Atlas of the Great Plainsby Stephen J. Lavin, Fred M. Shelley, and J. Clark Archer, 2011). Texas A&M University Press is acknowledged for permission to print three illustrations (reprinted from Texas Range Plantsby Stephan L. Hatch and Jennifer Pluhar, 1993). An illustration by Regina O. Hughes was reproduced from Selected Weeds of the United States(Agricultural Research Service Handbook 366, 1970).

Appreciation is ex pressed to the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, West Central Research and Extension Center, and Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of NebraskaLincoln, for fostering a work environment that makes projects such as