This series consists of research files collected by Society members regarding the state's flora. Subseries 1 contains lists of plants identified within particular Georgia counties. Members of the Georgia Botanical Society compiled most of the plant lists during field trips in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Folders are arranged alphabetically by county name. A folder may contain information for more than one county because surveys for multiple counties were sometimes combined. These lists are simply filed under the county name listed first on the research material. Subseries 1 also contains plant lists, but more frequently consists of newspaper articles, brochures, correspondence, and reports about places throughout Georgia including cities, herbarium, nature trails, and state parks. The items may contain information about Georgia Botanical Society conservation activities in these particular areas. These files are organized alphabetically according to location. Material documenting Genesis Colony, Inc., granite outcroppings in Georgia, and other broadly defined ecological areas is located in box 9. Sub-series 2 contains research files associated with plant names. This series contains an inventory of Georgia's plants arranged alphabetically by family name and then alphabetically by genus and species name within each family. Counties where each plant has been documented are indicated on the inventory. This inventory helped organize research conducted by the Georgia Botanical Society in preparation for the publication Atlas of the Vascular Flora of Georgia. The manuscript for this seminal publication, a copy of the finished product, and similar atlases from Ontario and British Columbia are included among these records. Also included is a typewritten manuscript, The Climbing Vines by Melanie Mellinger. This information is followed by journal and newspaper articles on specific plants or plant families either arranged alphabetically by common name or by scientific name. Generally, the plant named used in the title of the article, whether common or scientific, determined how the material was filed.
