The Vascular Flora of Pilot Knob State Preserve

Authors

William C. Watson, University of Northern Iowa

Document Type

Research

Keywords

Pilot Knob State Preserve, Pilot Knob State Park, Iowa flora, floating bog

Abstract

Pilot Knob State Preserve is a 365 acre (147 ha) area lying within the boundaries of Pilot Knob State Park. Located in north central Iowa near the northeast corner of Hancock County, this preserve resides on the eastern morainal system of the Des Moines Lobe left from the Wisconsinan glaciation. The vegetation of the preserve is primarily a deciduous woodland on rolling hills interspersed with wetland habitats in the hollows. Iowa's only floating bog is present in one of these hollows and supports numerous vascular plants uncommon to the state. Two species, Carex cephalantha (Bailey) Bickn. and Drosera rotundifolia L., are currently known only from this site. The vascular flora of the preserve, studied from both field and herbarium collections, totals 422 species.

Publication Date

March 1989

Journal Title

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

96

Issue

1

First Page

06

Last Page

13

Copyright

© Copyright 1989 by the Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

EN

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Watson, William C. (1989) "The Vascular Flora of Pilot Knob State Preserve," Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS, 96(1), 06-13.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/jias/vol96/iss1/4