Source and Use of Photo Images

• Images Now Available
• Copyright Disclaimer
• List of Photographers

Images Now Available - 6,764 images of  ca. 2,710 species (ca. 97% of the state flora), and 61,739 county occurrences for browse and search in the Vascular Plant Herbarium as of 04/20/2006. The remaining 3% are introduced species known from three or fewer counties that have not become established as part of the Tennessee flora.

Photographs of the woody plants of Tennessee (with Wofford & Chester caption) are from “Guide to Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of Tennessee” by B. Eugene Wofford & Edward W. Chester. For additional information about this book contact the University of Tennessee Press (under seasonal catalogs) at: www.utpress.org. 

Approximately 1,100 images of grasses, sedges, and rushes were scanned and processed by Chris A. Fleming, botany graduate student, from specimens deposited in the University of Tennessee Herbarium (TENN).  4,396 images of mostly herbaceous species were also added to image archive and  photo link entries of database by Chris Fleming as of October 14, 2004.  Images are dynamically linked and displayed  upon users inquiry via the online Flora Database developed by Victor Ma.

Daniel Reed has generously provided 269 excellent images now available for viewing on 11/01/2002 from his website "Wildflowers of the Southeastern United Sates." This site has numerous other images and additional information about each species. We highly recommend that you visit www.2bnthewild.com.

Dennis D. Horn is a retired engineer; his interest in vascular plants began in 1965 while hiking in the Smokies. He has been involved with the TN Native Plant Society since 1978 and is currently Vice-President. He is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for rare plants in TN. He began plant photography in the early 1980's and has recently provided 332 high quality images made available for viewing on 12/13/2002.

The Division of Natural History, Tennessee Dept. of Environment and Conservation, has provided over 100 images of a significant number of Tennessee rare plants as well as many of the endemic or near endemic species from the cedar glades of middle Tennessee. These images were made available for viewing on 12/13/2002. 

Thomas G. Barnes, Univ. of Kentucky, has provided over 600 excellent images made available for viewing on 02/28/03. Many of these images will appear in a forthcoming Univ. Press of KY book, A Guide to the Wildflowers and Ferns of Kentucky. Dr. Barnes in an Extension Professor & Wildlife Specialist and an award-winning photographer and writer (Gardening for the Birds & Kentucky's Last Great Places).

The Tennessee Native Plant Society (TNPS) contributed over 300 images now available for viewing. Numerous members provided these images and are acknowledged with their photographs. These and nearly 500 additional high quality images appear in the official TNPS field guide Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians published in May 2005. Over 1250 species in 90 plant families are described with special notes added about history, folklore, ethnobotany, and origin of plant names. For additional information visit the TNPS website at www.tnps.org

Steve Baskauf, Vanderbilt University, provided 400 high quality images posted on the website in September 2005. These images and many others can also be viewed on his bioimages website: bioimages.cas.vanderbilt.edu

The initiative to add plant images to our existing distribution maps of the vascular plants of Tennessee began with a grant from The University of Tennessee Libraries Digital Center (DLC). To date, the DLC has provided ca. 1500 electronic images that are now available for viewing. The majority of original images were provided by personnel of The University of Tennessee Botany Dept., Knoxville, TN and the Austin Peay State University Center for Field Biology, Clarksville, TN. 

Copyright Disclaimer

Usage and reproduction of distribution maps, images, and other data are authorized without permission for personal, noncommercial, educational, or scientific purposes. We request that the University of Tennessee Herbarium and Austin Peay State University web sites, and a photographer and/or copyright holder be properly acknowledged. This web site may not be used for commercial purposes or added to other web pages accessible on the world wide web without prior permission. Please contact B. Eugene Wofford (bewofford@utk.edu) for permission requests.

Thomas G. Barnes	University of Kentucky, Lexington
Steve Baskauf	Vanderbilt University
John Beck	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Daniel Boone	Cincinnati, Ohio
Dan Busemeyer	Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois
Edward W. Chester	Austin Peay State University
Ross C. Clark	Eastern Kentucky University
Patricia Cox	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Paul G. Davison	University of North Alabama, Florence
W. Michael Dennis	Orlando, Florida
David Duhl	Nashville, Tennessee
Paul Durr	Knoxville, Tennessee
Lee Echols
Carlen Emanuel	Alabama Natural History Association
Dwayne Estes	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
A. Murray Evans	Brookfield, Vermont
John R. Evans	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Richard and Bonnie Farner
Kevin C. Fitch	Winchester, Tennessee
Chris A. Fleming	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Robert R. Haynes	University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Alan S. Heilman	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
James Henderson
Darel Hess
Dennis D. Horn	Tullahoma, Tennessee
Bart Jones	Memphis, Tennessee
Ed Lickey	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Ken D. McFarland	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Carrie S. Miller	Tullahoma, Tennessee
Mark Pistrang	U.S. Forest Service, Cleveland, Tennessee
Heidi Pollard	Tullahoma, Tennessee
Verna Powell
Paul Rebmann	Ormond Beach, Florida
Daniel Reed	Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
Hal and Nancy Robinson
Graham Sexton	Farragut, TN
Aaron J. Sharp (deceased)	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Kunsiri C. Siripun	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Cete Smith	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
David K. Smith	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Dick Sooy (deceased)
Jun Wen	Boone, North Carolina
B. Eugene Wofford	University of Tennessee, Knoxville
DNH	Tennessee Div. of Natural Heritage, Dept. of Environment and Conservation
TENN	University of Tennessee Herbarium, Knoxville
TNPS	Tennessee Native Plant Society