A list of plants observed along the lower Missouri River by the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1804 and 1806.

From: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science | Date: March 22, 2004| Author: Bowen, Daniel E.; Cope, Tiffany M.; Cusumano, Zachary T.; Davis, John W.; Hackmann, Trisha; Hellmer, Jill C.; James, Bethany; Lidolph, Allison M.; Runchey, Michelle; Simon, Martin P.; Soard, Sarah J.; Winder, Virginia L.; Zielinski, Sarah E. | Copyright information

Members of the Lewis and Clark expedition collected plant specimens, identified plants using common names, or described in sufficient detail 108 plant species along the lower Missouri River to which modern scientific names can be assigned with different degrees of certainty. This project expands an earlier list made by Cutright of 12 plant species seen on the lower Missouri River. William Clark, the principal journalist on the lower Missouri River, described the plants in his journ...

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