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s muscah and Ophiopogon japonicus (Ruscaceae) 
				
LIRIOPE MUSCARI AND OPHIOPOGON JAPONICUS (RUSCACEAE) 

 NATURALIZED IN TEXAS 



Paul V. Roling 



4323 Chestergate 

 Spring TX 77373 

 proling@att.net 



Anita Howlett 



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20634 Kenswick Drive 



Humble TX 77338 



Ahowlett@hcp4.net 



Larry E. Brown 



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Houston, TX 77055 



larry-thepla utin.in'a ait.net 



ABSTRACT 



Liriope muscari and Ophiopogon japonicus are reported here as naturalized in Texas. Both 

 species are growing in bottomland woods in Jesse H. Jones Park on the northwest side of Humble, 

 Harris County. 

 KEY WORDS: Liriope muscari, Ophiopogon japonicus, Texas, naturalized 



Two species of liriopogons have become naturalized in Jesse H. Jones Park on the northwest 

 side of Humble, Harris County, Texas. The park is at the end of Kenswick Drive. Documentation is 

 provided here for the first time for the occurrence of Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl. and 

 Liriope muscari (Dene.) I^.H. Bailey outside of cultivation in Texas. 



Jesse H. Jones Park is over 300 acres in size and includes upland woods, bottomland woods 

 and swamps, and riparian vegetation in the bottomland of Spring Creek Both species are growing in 

 bottomland woods, where heavy rains periodically flood the area. Presumably, they have become 

 established in the park through dispersal of seeds from nearby residential neighborhoods. The 

 naturalized plants are not close to horticultural plantings. 



Ophiopogon japonicus (Figs. 1-3). The scapes are shorter than the leaves and the flowers are about 

 10 and nodding. The plants are colonial and expanding. Currently, the colony measures 

 approximately four feet by four feet. The possible presence of the species in the Houston area (as 

 shown by a photo of fruits on the Bayou Preservation Association website) was noted by Nesom 

 (2010), but it previously has been documented in the USA only from Alabama (Spaulding et al. 

 2010). 



Texas. Harris Co.: Jesse H. Jones Park, along Jones Bender Trail west of bridge (lat. 30.024222, long. 

 -95.288800), N off of Hwy 1960 and W of the village of Humble, 11 June 2010, Paul Roling s.n. 

 (SBSC). 
				
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: Liriopeand Cphiopogon naturalized ir Liriope muscori (Figs. 4-5). Tbs

Liriope muscori (Figs. 4-5). TbsLiriope muscari from the park lias leaves 10+ mm wide, the scapes 

 were definitely well beyond the leaves, and the couple of plants were in om tight clump of about one 

 square foot. There were no flowers on the scapes, all having bloomed when found. The species has 

 previously been reported outside of cultivation in the USA in Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, 

 Maryland, Mississippi, and South Carolina (Nesom 2010). 



Texas. Harris Co.: Jesse H. Jones Park, forest north of the North Branch of Jones Bender Trail, 0.5 of 

 way between parking lot and bridge (lat. 30.024414, long. -95.289936), 27 Sep 2010, Paul Rolings.n 

 (SBSC). 



LITERATURE CITED 



Nesom, G.L. 2010. Overview of Liriope and Ophiopogon (Ruscaceae) commonly cultivated and 

 naturalized in the USA. Phytoneuron 2010-56: 1-31. 



ing, D., W. Barger, and G.L. Nesom. 2010. Liriope and Ophiopogon (Ruscaceae) naturalized 

 ti Alabama. Phytoneuron 2010-55: 1-10. 



Figure 1. Ophiopogon japonicus colony. 

				
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Rolingetal.: Uriope and Ophiopogon naturalized in Texas 5 
				
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