Contents
Presentations
André Michaux, Botanist-Explorer of the South Carolina Upstate
Patrick D. McMillan, Ph. D.
An Eighteenth Century Journey through the Backcountry: Imagine the Impression It Would Have Made
Tim Drake, Ph. D.
Bartram and Michaux: Early Botanical Explorers in the South Carolina Upstate, Their Expedition Routes and Plant Discoveries
Brad Sanders
The “Lost Shortia,” a Botanical Mystery
Charlie Williams, AMIS Chairman
Sexual Reproduction in the Rare Oconee Bells:
Implications for Conservation
Katherine Weeks Ph. D. Candidate
Genetic Studies of the Imperiled Oconee Bell
to Enhance Its Conservation
Todd M. Linscott, Ph. D.
Planting Michaux’s Garden: Carolina Plants to Grow in Your Garden
Lisa K. Wagner Ph. D.
Appendix
Five decades of studies on the date and location of André Michaux’s discovery of Shortia galacifolia reprinted from Castanea, Journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
Type Location of Shortia Galacifolia (1956)
P. A. Davies
Resolving the Type Location for Shortia Galacifolia T. & G. (1983)
Robert Zahner and Steven M. Jones
The Type Locality of Shortia galacifolia T. & G. Visited Once Again (2004)
Charlie Williams, Eliane M. Norman, and Gerard G. Aymonin