A Floristic Study of Two Bogs on Crowley’s Ridge in Greene County, Arkansas

Two bogs with a combined area of 3.6 hectares on Crowley’s Ridge in Greene County, Arkansas were studied to determine and compare the vascular flora. Plants were collected from May 1992 through January 1994. A combined total of 262 taxa representing 178 genera and 71 families was collected in the study areas. Carex bromoides, Chelone glabra and Spiraea tomentosa, all considered rare in the state of Arkansas, were present in one or both bogs. Bog ecosystems are very limited in extent in Arkansas, and as a result of the plant diversity found in these two bogs, formal protection is recommended by the authors.