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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS/INTRODUCTION 29<br />

Jim Williams, Joseph Wipff, Alan Wong, Lindsay Woodruff, Joe Yelderman, Kay Yatskievych,<br />

and Jim Zarucchi.<br />

We would particularly like to recognize the assistance, encouragement, and friendship of<br />

John Steele (1918–2004), a former Army Corps of Engineers research biologist and long-time<br />

volunteer in the BRIT library.<br />

Recognition goes also to the numerous individuals who have collected specimens in the<br />

East Texas region during more than one hundred and fifty years. Early collections are housed<br />

in herbaria such as ASTC, BRIT (including SMU and VDB), SBSC, TAES, TAMU, and TEX<br />

(including LL and RUNYON) and represent irreplaceable windows to a time before the vegetation<br />

of the area was radically altered. While not all collectors can be recognized here,<br />

specimens collected by the following have been of particular importance in allowing the<br />

completion of this work: Geyata Ajilvsgi (previously Peggy Amerson), Edwin Bridges, Larry<br />

Brown, M.D. (Bud) Bryant, William Carr, Donovan Correll, Victor Cory, Sally Crosthwaite,<br />

Delzie Demaree, George Diggs, Gus A. Engeling, Harold Gentry, Joe Hennen, Walter<br />

Holmes, Stanley Jones, Eric Keith, Robert Kral, Barney Lipscomb, Cyrus Lundell, William<br />

Mahler, William McCart, Barbara MacRoberts, Michael MacRoberts, Amanda Neill, Guy<br />

Nesom, Elray Nixon, Robert O’Kennon, Steve Orzell, Harris B. Parks, Jeff Quayle, Monique<br />

Reed, Julien Reverchon, Chester Rowell, Laura Sanchez, Christine Sanders, Lloyd Shinners,<br />

Jason Singhurst, Betsy Smith, John Sperry, Jack Stanford, Thomas Starbuck, Connie Taylor,<br />

John Taylor, R. Dale Thomas, Billie Turner, Geraldine Watson, Eula Whitehouse, and<br />

numerous students at colleges and universities in the area, including Austin College, Baylor<br />

University, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Sam Houston State University,<br />

Southern Methodist University, Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas A&M University,<br />

and the University of Texas at Austin. Geiser (1936, 1939, 1948a) gave historical information<br />

on a number of the early collectors.<br />

Color photographs are by Paul Martin Brown, George Bruso, Scooter Cheatham, Ben<br />

Cox, Andrew Crosthwaite, George Diggs, Norman Flaigg, Heinz Gaylord, Robert George,<br />

Stanley & Gretchen Jones, Eric Keith, Joe Liggio, Campbell & Lynn Loughmiller, Robert<br />

O’Kennon, Steve Orzell, Julia Sanders, James Van Kley, Albert Vick, and Cole Weatherby; in<br />

the section on color photographs, following the name of each species, a three letter code in<br />

brackets is given to designate the photographer (see page 22). Additionally, the photograph<br />

in the table of contents is by David Gibson.<br />

An important debt of gratitude is owed to innumerable landowners who kindly<br />

allowed access to their property. Thanks also to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department,<br />

the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the<br />

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, The Nature Conservancy of Texas, the Natural Areas<br />

Preservation Association, Austin College, and the U.S. Army for allowing access to the<br />

properties under their stewardship.<br />

Individuals who found errors in Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas<br />

(Diggs et al. 1999) are thanked for their efforts. Since there is significant overlap in species<br />

between that volume and this one, many of the errors found have been corrected here. Also,<br />

because of overlap between the two floras, all individuals assisting with the North Central<br />

Texas flora are thanked again here.<br />

Additional individuals who contributed to Shinners’ Manual of the North Central Texas Flora<br />

(Mahler 1988), a partial precursor of the present volume, should also be recognized. These<br />

include Geyata Ajilvsgi, Gerald Arp, Barry Comeaux, Charlotte Daugirda, Victor Engel, Kathie<br />

Parker, Andrea McFadden, Jane Molpus, Ann Nurre, Tami Sanger, Harriet Schools, and<br />

numerous students who have used earlier versions of either Shinners’ or Mahler’s works.<br />

This project is part of the ongoing collaboration between the Austin College Center for<br />

Environmental Studies and the <strong>Botanical</strong> <strong>Research</strong> Institute of Texas. Without the support of<br />

both institutions it would not have been possible. Thanks to Austin College; Oscar Page,

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