Plant Surveys

On September 7, 2022, Gwyneve Winters, Kathy Ann Reid and last but not least, Tim Dalbey made a survey of plants.

We are honored to have Tim’s assistance. A 2016 biography included: Grant Administrator for Grow South Dallas, a writer, independent scientific researcher, archaeologist, geoarchaeologist, and paleontologist. Tim has studied the flora and fauna of the Great Trinity Forest for 25 plus years and consults with North Texas Master Naturalists on various programs. Tim is a member of the Dallas Paleontological Society, the Dallas County Pioneer Association, the Blackland Native Prairie Association of Texas, and participates in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Mussel Watch program. (https://public.ntmn.org/tim-dalbey)

On September 12, 2023 Gwyneva Winters and Kathy Ann Reid confirmed the same plants as were there the previous year.

In December 12, 2023, Tim Dalbey, Gwyneva Winters, Kathy Ann Reid, Trish Driesen and son, Jared, updated to produce the following dated list.

Plant Survey W. W. Glover Cemetery, 9/7/2022, Tim Dalbey, Gwyneva Winters, Kathy Ann Reid.

Updated 12/23/23, Tim Dalbey, Gwyneva Winters, Kathy Ann Reid, Trish Driesen and Jared Driesen

Coral Berry Vine, Snail Seed (Coralbells Cocculus carolinus)

Dewberry

Fall Aster – White and Purple

Frogfruit - Low to ground small white flowers - Phyla (Lippia) nodiflora grow where wet spots occur.

Honeysuckle

Horse Herb low to ground yellow flowers also known as Straggler daisy or Lawn flowers low to ground spreading good plant Calytocarpus vialis generic name

Lantana – Native multi-color

Liriope in cluster up near center south of gate entrance, grow low to ground and will spread if left alone.

Texas cupgrass Eriochloa sericea singular long seed slender stemhead

Tickseet Coreopsis – Yellow (Coreopsis lanceolata lanceleaf tickseed)

White Cemetery Heritage Iris

Wild petunia Ruellia humilis an excellent perennial that grows on its own and needs to be staked and marked off for the mowers.

Not positively identified:

Possibly Slim tridens or Purpletop tridens both good grasses

Not so good plants we saw:

Bermuda grass narrow stem 3-5 awns that spread out on top of slender stem

paspalum floridanum solitary stems with seeds alternating around stem

Johnson grass - cut off seed ridden flowering head and put cutting in plastic bag so as to not spread seeds, then dig up the plant as it grows from a rhizome and discard to trash.

King Ranch Bluestem (KRB) is everywhere best eradication is to just start digging it up to remove w/o flower/seed heads

Chinese privet

Glossy privet