References

• Download the bibliography
• Make a suggestion

Adams N (2012). A Synthesis of Rights-of-Way Native Plant Communities: Identifying their Relevance to Historical and Contemporary Piedmont Savannas. Master’s thesis, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. doi:10.17615/95cd-wc51 https://doi.org/10.17615/95cd-wc51.

Askins R (2001). “Sustaining Biological Diversity in Early Successional Communities: The Challenge of Managing Unpopular Habitats.” Wildlife Society Bulletin, 29(2). http://www.jstor.org/stable/3784165.

Barden LS (1997). “Historic prairies in the Piedmont of North and South Carolina, USA.” Natural Areas Journal, 17(2), 149-152. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43911660.

Benson J (2011). Characterization of Piedmont Prairie Sites in North and South Carolina. Ph.D. thesis, Clemson University. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_dissertations/713.

Benson JD, Lanham D, Mikhailova E, Shelburne V, Walker J, Post C (2007). Suitability Analysis for Potential Prairie Restoration Sites in the Piedmont of North and South Carolina.. https://crops.confex.com/crops/2007am/techprogram/P36972.HTM.

Brown H, others (2000). “Wildland burning by American Indians in Virginia.” Fire Management Today, 60(3), 29-39.

Daniels K, Hagan D, Jachowski D (2018). “Habitat fragmentation, low seed germination rates, and herbivory impede conservation efforts for a prairie relict wildflower.” The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 145(2), 121-125. doi:10.3159/TORREY-D-17-00020.1 https://doi.org/10.3159/TORREY-D-17-00020.1.

Daniels R (1987). “Soil Erosion and Degradation in the Southern Piedmont of the USA.” In Woldman M, Fournier F (eds.), Land Transformation in Agriculture, chapter 12. John Wiley & Sons.

Davis J. Eric J, McRae C, Estep BL, Barden LS, Matthews JF (2002). “Vascular Flora of Piedmont Prairies: Evidence from Several Prairie Remnants.” Castanea, 67(1), 1-12. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4034311.

Denevan WM (1992). “The Pristine Myth: The Landscape of the Americas in 1492.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 82(3), 369-385. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8306.1992.tb01965.x https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8306.1992.tb01965.x.

Dobbs GR (2006). The Indian Trading Path and Colonial Settlement Development in the North Carolina Piedmont. Ph.D. thesis, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

Dobbs GR (2009). “Frontier Settlement Development and ``Initial Conditions’’: The Case of the North Carolina Piedmont and the Indian Trading Path.” Historical Geography, 37, 114-137.

Dunlap S, Davis B, Calabria J (2022). “Hypernatural Piedmont prairies: a screening process for optimum placement.” Native Plants Journal, 23(3), 324-335.

Fleming GP, McCoy KM, Van Alstine NE (2001). “The vascular flora of fire-maintained grasslands and woodlands at Quantico Marine Corps Base, Virginia.” Banisteria, 17, 3-19.

Frost CC (1998). “Presettlement fire frequency regimes of the United States: a first approximation.” In Fire in ecosystem management: shifting the paradigm from suppression to prescription. Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference Proceedings, volume 20, 70-81.

Garren K (1943). “Effects of Fire on Vegetation of the Southeastern United States.” Botanical Review, 9(9), 617-654. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4353294.

Godfrey MA (2012). Field guide to the Piedmont: the natural habitats of America’s most lived-in region, from New York City to Montgomery, Alabama. UNC Press Books.

Jessup R (2022). Habitat Description and Experimental Augmentation of Two Rare Piedmont Prairie Species: Oak Barrens Barbara’s-buttons, Marshallia legrandii Weakley, and Smooth Purple Coneflower, Echinacea laevigata (CL Boynt. & Beadle) Blake.. Master’s thesis, North Carolina State University. https://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/handle/1840.20/40240.

Jessup R, Forrester JA, Starke L (2024). “Population Status and Habitat Description of a Rare Piedmont Perennial Herb, Marshallia legrandii Weakley (Oak Barrens Barbara’s-Buttons).” Southeastern Naturalist, 23(2), 212-230. doi:10.1656/058.023.0208 https://doi.org/10.1656/058.023.0208.

Juras P (1997). The Presettlement Piedmont Savanna: A Model For Landscape Design and Management. Master’s thesis, University of Georgia. https://www.philipjuras.com/publications/thesis/index.htm.

Krings A, Szakacs AD, Hyland EG (2023). “Remnants of the “Grande Savane?” Insights from Soil Organic Matter at Two Sites in the Deep River Triassic Basin of North Carolina.” Castanea, 87(2), 244-267. https://castaneajournal.com/article/remnants-of-the-grande-savane-insights-from-soil-organic-matter-at-two-sites-in-the-deep-river-triassic-basin-of-north-carolina/.

Ledvina J, McShea WJ, Bourg NA, Herrmann V, Akre T, Johnson AE (2020). “Management Regime and Field Age Affect Species Richness and Cover of Native Forbs and Exotic Species in Virginia Grasslands.” Ecological Restoration, 38(2), 83-93. doi:10.3368/er.38.2.83 https://doi.org/10.3368/er.38.2.83.

Leithead H, Yarlett LL, Shiflet TN (1971). “100 native forage grasses in 11 southern states.” U.S. Department of Agriculture. https://plants.usda.gov/100_native_grasses.pdf.

Makepeace C (2017). Assessment of Avifauna in North Carolina Piedmont Prairies. Master’s thesis, Duke University. https://hdl.handle.net/10161/14076.

Martin JB, Bhadury J, Gaustad BV (2017). “Economic Analysis of Vegetation Management Practices.” Institute of Transportation Research and Education, North Carolina State University. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40075.

McRae CA (1999). Experiments in prairie restoration. Master’s thesis, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Noss RF (2012). Forgotten Grasslands of the South: Natural History and Conservation. Island Press. https://islandpress.org/books/forgotten-grasslands-south.

Owen W (2002). “Southern Forest Resource Assessment.” In Wear D, Greis JG (eds.), chapter The History of Native Plant Communities in the South. USFS. doi:10.1201/B12226-18 https://doi.org/10.1201/B12226-18.

Quirey MJ (2020). Roadside Landscape Typologies: A Study for Sustainable Georgia Highways. Master’s thesis, University of Georgia.

Reed CL (2018). Guide to the Vascular Flora of the Eno River Diabase Sill Plant Preserve (Durham County, North Carolina).. Master’s thesis, North Carolina State University.

Rhoades B, Rush E, Wood TC, van der Ham JL (2019). Plant Community Composition, Structural Diversity, and Non-Native Abundance in Four Restored Piedmont Prairie Fields. National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1920/11440.

Robinson J (2020). “Piedmont Savanna Interim Report.” North Carolina Natural Heritage Program.

Rostlund E (1957). “The myth of a natural prairie belt in Alabama: an interpretation of historical records.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 47(4), 392-411. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8306.1957.tb01552.x https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8306.1957.tb01552.x.

Ryals JW (2021). Adaptations of Piedmont Prairie Species: New Paradigms for Designing and Planting in the Context of Public Spaces. Master’s thesis, University of Georgia. https://www.proquest.com/openview/35085b2b8c0c312c7330476195c1a927/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y.

Schafale MP (2012). “Guide to the Natural Communities of North Carolina Fourth Approximation.” NC Department of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage Program. https://www.ncnhp.org/references/publications/guide-classification-natural-communities-north-carolina-4th-approximation.

Schmidt JM, Barnwell JA (2002). “A flora of the Rock Hill Blackjacks Heritage Preserve, York County, South Carolina.” Castanea, 247-279. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4034349.

Sharpe TL, Sawyer DT, Howard B, Hayes DA (2004). “Native Warm-Season Grass Restoration on a Piedmont North Carolina Landscape.” In Proceedings of the Eastern Native Grass Society, number 4th.

Small JK, Heller AA (1892). “On the flora of western North Carolina and contiguous territory.” Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club, 3(1), 1-39.

Smith TC (2008). Spatial Analysis of Helianthus schweinitzii (Schweinitz’s Sunflower), An Endangered Species Endemic to the Piedmont of North Carolina. Master’s thesis, University of North Carolina Greensboro. https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:55038068.

Soper JM, Raynor EJ, Wienhold C, Schacht WH (2019). “Evaluating Composition and Conservation Value of Roadside Plant Communities in a Grassland Biome.” Environmental Management, 63(6), 789-803. doi:10.1007/s00267-019-01154-x https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-019-01154-x.

Szakacs AD (2019). Using Multiple Approaches to Explore the Past and Present of “Piedmont Prairie” Vegetation.. Ph.D. thesis, North Carolina State University. https://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/bitstream/handle/1840.20/37492/etd.pdf.

Szakacs AD, Wentworth TR, Krings A (2024). “In Search of the “Piedmont Prairies”: Multivariate Analyses of Heliophilic Plant Communities in the Heart of the Piedmont of Eastern North America.” Castanea, 89(1), 12-34. doi:10.2179/0008-7475.89.1.12 https://doi.org/10.2179/0008-7475.89.1.12.

Taecker EM (2007). Identification and Prioritization of Lands for Restoration of Piedmont Prairie in North Carolina. Master’s thesis, Duke University. https://hdl.handle.net/10161/421.

Tompkins R (2019). “Exotic Species Occurrence in Remnant and Restored Eastern Prairie Ecosystems and their Relation to Native Species Richness, Evenness, and Functional Group Abundance.” The American Midland Naturalist, 182(1), 1-11. doi:10.1674/0003-0031-182.1.1 https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031-182.1.1.

Tompkins RD (2013). “Prairie-Relict Communities of a Piedmont Monadnock.” Castanea, 78(3). doi:10.2179/12-046 https://doi.org/10.2179/12-046.

Tompkins RD, Bridges Jr. WC (2013). “Restoration and plant species diversity of an Eastern prairie.” Native Plants, 14(2). doi:10.3368/npj.14.2.101 https://doi.org/10.3368/npj.14.2.101.

Tompkins RD, Bridges Jr. WC, Stringer WC, Richardson K, Mikhailova EA (2013). “A Microhabitat Study of Eastern Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) Populations: Associated Species and Edaphic Features.” Bartonia. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41955391.

Tompkins RD, Luckenbaugh CM, Stringer WC, Richardson KH, Mikhailova EA, Bridges Jr. WC (2010). “Suther Prairie: Vascular Flora, Species Richness, and Edaphic Factors.” Castanea, 75(2). doi:10.2179/09-041.1 https://doi.org/10.2179/09-041.1.

Tompkins RD, McAllister CA, Bloom S (2015). “Ploidy levels from some remnant Eastern Big Bluestem (Andropogon gerardii) populations: Implications for their conservation and restoration.” Ecological Restoration, 33(3). doi:10.3368/er.33.3.289 https://doi.org/10.3368/er.33.3.289.

Turk J (2015). Assessing the costs and benefits of native plant species for electric transmission line right-of-way revegetation within the Tennessee Valley Authority power service area. Master’s thesis, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. https://scholar.utc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1299&context=theses.

Vander Yacht AL, Keyser PD, Barrioz SA, Kwit C, Stambaugh MC, Clatterbuck WK, Jacobs R (2020). “Litter to glitter: promoting herbaceous groundcover and diversity in mid-southern USA oak forests using canopy disturbance and fire.” Fire Ecology, 16(1). doi:10.1186/s42408-020-00072-2 https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-020-00072-2.

Welch SM, Eversole AG, Riley J (2007). “Using the spatial information implicit in the habitat specificity of the burrowing crayfish Distocambarus crockeri to identify a lost landscape component.” Ecography, 30(3), 349-358. doi:10.1111/j.2007.0906-7590.04815. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2007.0906-7590.04815..

Williams GW (2003). “References on the American Indian Use of Fire in Ecosystems.” USDA Forest Service. https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_051334.pdf.