Sorrie, Bruce A. and Alan S. Weakley. 2007.
Notes on the Gaylussacia dumosa complex (Ericaceae). Journal
of the Botanical Research Insitute of Texas 1 (1): 333-344.
Sorrie, Bruce A. and Alan S. Weakley. 2007.
Notes on Lechea maritima var. virginica (Cistaceae).
Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 1 (1): 367-368.
Sorrie, Bruce A. and Alan S. Weakley. 2007.
Recognition of Lechea pulchella var. ramosissima
(Cistaceae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas
1 (1): 369-372.
LeBlond, Richard J., Edward E. Schilling,
Richard D. Porcher, Bruce A. Sorrie, John F. Townsend, Patrick D.
McMillan and Alan S. Weakley. 2007. Eupatorium paludicola,
sp. nov. (Asteraceae): A new species form the coastal plain of North
and South Carolina. Rhodora 109 (938): 137-177.
Schilling, Edward E. , Richard J. LeBlond,
Bruce A. Sorrie and Alan S. Weakley. 2007. Relationships of the
New England Boneset, Eupatorium novae-angliae (Asteraceae).
Rhodora 109 (938): 145-160.
Weakley, Alan S. 2006. Flora
of the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and Surrounding Areas: Working
Draft of 17 January 2006. University of North Carolina Herbarium,
North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC.
Weakley, A. S. 2005. Change
Over Time in Our Understanding of the Flora of the Southeastern
United States: Implications for Plant Systematics, Bioinformatics,
and Conservation. Ph.D. Thesis, Nicholas School of the Environment,
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Weakley, A.S. 2005. Flora of
the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, working draft of December
2005. University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical
Garden, Chapel Hill, NC.
Weakley, A.S. 2005. Why are plant names changing so much? Native
Plants Journal 6: 52-58.
Wofford, B.E., J. de Paula-Souza, A.S. Weakley, and T.E. Govus.
2004. The rediscovery of the South American Hybanthus parviflorus
(Violaceae) in North America. Sida 21: 1209-1214.
Weakley, A.S., and G.L. Nesom. 2004. A new species of Ptilimnium
(Apiaceae) from the Atlantic coast. Sida 21: 743-752.
Kauffman, G.E., G.L. Nesom, A.S. Weakley, T.E. Govus, and L.M. Cotterman.
2004. A new species of Symphyotrichum (Asteraceae: Astereae)
from a serpentine barren in western North Carolina. Sida 21: 827-839.
NatureServe. 2003. A working classification of terrestrial ecological
systems in the coterminous United States. International terrestrial
ecological systems classification. NatureServe, Arlington, VA. 61
pp. plus appendices.
Peterson, P.M., S.L. Hatch, and A.S. Weakley. 2003. Sporobolus
R. Br. Pp. 115-139 in M.E. Barkworth, K.M. Capels, S. Long, and
M.B. Piep (eds.), Flora of North America north of Mexico, volume
25, Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 2. Oxford
University Press, New York.
LeBlond, R.J., and A.S. Weakley. 2002. Schizaea pusilla
Pursh (Schizaeaceae) in North Carolina. Rhodora 104: 86-91.
Sorrie, B.A., and A.S. Weakley. 2001. Coastal Plain vascular plant
endemics: phytogeographic patterns. Castanea 66: 50-82.
Edwards, A.L., and A.S. Weakley. 2001. Population biology and management
of rare plants in depression wetlands of the Southeastern Coastal
Plain, USA. Natural Areas Journal 21: 12-35.
Weakley, A.S. 2000. [book review of…] Anderson, R.C., J.S.
Fralish, and J.M. Baskin, editors. Savannas, barrens, and rock outcrop
plant communities of North America (1999). Quarterly Review of Biology
75: 461.
Weakley, A.S., and others (compilers). 2000. International classification
of ecological communities: terrestrial vegetation of the southeastern
United States. Working draft of September 2000. Association for
Biodiversity Information/The Nature Conservancy, Southern Resource
Office, Durham, NC.
Weakley, A.S. 2000. Coastal Plain to Piedmont transition: natural
communities of the Sandhills and Uwharrie Mountain regions. Pp.
193-206 in D. Frankenberg, ed. Exploring North Carolina’s
natural areas: parks, nature preserves, and hiking trails. Univ.
of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC. 412 pp.
Groves, C.R., L.S. Kutner, D.M. Stoms, M.P. Murray, J.M. Scott,
M. Schafale, A.S. Weakley, and R.L. Pressey. 2000. Owning up to
our responsibilities: who owns lands important for biodiversity.
Pp. 275-300 in B.A. Stein, L.S. Kutner, and J.S. Adams. Precious
heritage: the status of biodiversity in the United States. Oxford
Univ. Press, New York, NY. 399 pp.
Weakley, A.S. 2000. [book review of…] Anderson, R.C., J.S.
Fralish, and J.M. Baskin, editors. Savannas, barrens, and rock outcrop
plant communities of North America, edited by (1999). Quarterly
Review of Biology 75: 461.
Areces-Mallea, A.E., A.S. Weakley, X. Li, R.G. Sayre, J.D. Parrish,
C.V. Tipton, and T. Boucher. 1999. A guide to Caribbean vegetation
types: preliminary classification system and descriptions. The Nature
Conservancy, Arlington, VA. 166 pp.
Anderson, M., P. Comer, D. Grossman, C. Groves, K. Poiani, M. Reid,
R. Schneider, B. Vickery, and A. Weakley. 1999. Guidelines for representing
ecological communities in ecoregional conservation plans. The Nature
Conservancy, Arlington, VA. 74 pp.
Weakley, A.S., E. Dinerstein, R. Noss, and K. Wolfe. 1999. Southeastern
Mixed Forests. Pp. 197-199 in T.H. Ricketts, E. Dinerstein, D.M.
Olson, C.J. Loucks, W. Eichbaum, D. DellaSala, K. Kavanagh, P. Hedao,
P.T. Hurley, K.M. Carney, R. Abell, and S. Walters. Terrestrial
ecoregions of North America: a conservation assessment. Island Press.
Washington, DC. 485 pp.
Weakley, A.S., E. Dinerstein, R. Snodgrass, and K. Wolfe. 1999.
Mississippi Lowland Forests. Pp. 194-195 in T.H. Ricketts, E. Dinerstein,
D.M. Olson, C.J. Loucks, W. Eichbaum, D. DellaSala, K. Kavanagh,
P. Hedao, P.T. Hurley, K.M. Carney, R. Abell, and S. Walters. Terrestrial
ecoregions of North America: a conservation assessment. Island Press.
Washington, DC. 485 pp.
Weakley, A.S., E. Dinerstein, R. Noss, S. Robinson, J. Stritholt,
and J. Adams. 1999. Ozark Mountain Forests. Pp. 192-193 in T.H.
Ricketts, E. Dinerstein, D.M. Olson, C.J. Loucks, W. Eichbaum, D.
DellaSala, K. Kavanagh, P. Hedao, P.T. Hurley, K.M. Carney, R. Abell,
and S. Walters. Terrestrial ecoregions of North America: a conservation
assessment. Island Press. Washington, DC. 485 pp.
Weakley, A.S., R. Noss, E. Dinerstein, S. Robinson, and J. Adams.
1999. Central U.S. Mixed Hardwood Forests. Pp. 190-192 in T.H. Ricketts,
E. Dinerstein, D.M. Olson, C.J. Loucks, W. Eichbaum, D. DellaSala,
K. Kavanagh, P. Hedao, P.T. Hurley, K.M. Carney, R. Abell, and S.
Walters. Terrestrial ecoregions of North America: a conservation
assessment. Island Press. Washington, DC. 485 pp.
Loucks, C., D. Olson, E. Dinerstein, A.S. Weakley, R. Noss, J. Stritholt,
and K. Wolfe. 1999. Appalachian Mixed Mesophytic Forests. Pp. 186-190
in T.H. Ricketts, E. Dinerstein, D.M. Olson, C.J. Loucks, W. Eichbaum,
D. DellaSala, K. Kavanagh, P. Hedao, P.T. Hurley, K.M. Carney, R.
Abell, and S. Walters. Terrestrial ecoregions of North America:
a conservation assessment. Island Press. Washington, DC. 485 pp.
Loucks, C., D. Olson, E. Dinerstein, A.S. Weakley, R. Noss, J. Stritholt,
and K. Wolfe. 1999. Appalachian/Blue Ridge Forests. Pp. 182-186
in T.H. Ricketts, E. Dinerstein, D.M. Olson, C.J. Loucks, W. Eichbaum,
D. DellaSala, K. Kavanagh, P. Hedao, P.T. Hurley, K.M. Carney, R.
Abell, and S. Walters. Terrestrial ecoregions of North America:
a conservation assessment. Island Press. Washington, DC. 485 pp.
Weakley, A.S. 1999. The Bald Mountain property: natural history
and management recommendations. Unpublished report to the H. Smith
Richardson Family Trust.
Weakley, A.S., and P.M. Peterson. 1998. Taxonomy of the Sporobolus
floridanus complex (Poaceae: Sporobolinae). Sida 18: 247-270.
Weakley, A.S., and others (compilers). 1998. International classification
of ecological communities: terrestrial vegetation of the southeastern
United States. Working draft of September 1998. The Nature Conservancy,
Southeast Regional Office, Southern Conservation Science Dept.,
Community Ecology Group. Chapel Hill, NC. 680 pp.
Grossman, D.H., D. Faber-Langendoen, A.S. Weakley, M. Anderson,
P. Bourgeron, R. Crawford, K.Goodin, S. Landaal, K. Metzler, K.D.
Patterson, M. Pyne, M. Reid, and L. Sneddon. 1998. International
Classification of Ecological Communities: Terrestrial Vegetation
of the United States. Volume I: The National Vegetation Classification
Standard. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. 126 pp.
Anderson, M., P. Bourgeron, M. Bryer, R. Crawford, L. Engelking,
D. Faber-Langendoen, M. Gallyoun, D.H. Grossman, K. Goodin, S. Landaal,
K. Metzler, K.D. Patterson, M. Pyne, M. Reid, L. Sneddon, and A.S.
Weakley. 1998. International Classification of Ecological Communities:
Terrestrial Vegetation of the United States. Volume II: List of
Vegetation Types. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA. 502 pp.
The Nature Conservancy, Southeast Conservation Science Department,
Community Ecology Group. 1997. An Alliance level classification
of the vegetation of the southeastern United States. The Nature
Conservancy, Southern Conservation Science Department, Chapel Hill,
NC. Report to the University of Idaho Cooperative Fish and Wildlife
Research Unit and National Gap Analysis Program. 450 pp.
Schneider, R.E., D. Faber-Langendoen, R.C. Crawford, and A.S. Weakley.
1997. The status of biodiversity in the Great Plains: Great Plains
vegetation classification. Supplemental Document 1, In: W.R. Ostlie,
R.E. Schneider, J.M. Aldrich, T.M. Faust, R.L.B. McKim, and S.J.
Chaplin, The Status of Biodiversity in the Great Plains. The Nature
Conservancy, Arlington, VA. 75 pp.
Weakley, A.S., and others (compilers). 1996. International classification
of ecological communities: terrestrial vegetation of the southeastern
United States. Working draft of April 1996. The Nature Conservancy,
Southeast Regional Office, Southern Conservation Science Dept.,
Community Ecology Group. Chapel Hill, NC.
Weakley, A.S., M.A. Bucher, and N.A. Murdock. 1996. Recovery plan
for Seabeach Amaranth (Amaranthus pumilus Rafinesque).
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region, Atlanta, GA. 59
pp.
Amoroso, J.L., and A.S. Weakley. 1995. Natural Heritage Program
list of the rare plant species of North Carolina. N.C. Natural Heritage
Program, Division of Parks and Recreation, Raleigh, N.C.
Weakley, A.S. 1995. [book review of] R.E. Swanson, A field guide
to the trees and shrubs of the Southern Appalachians. American Society
of Plant Taxonomists Newletter 9 (1): 32-33.
Weakley, A.S., and M.P. Schafale. 1994. Non-alluvial wetlands of
the southern Blue Ridge: diversity in a threatened ecosystem. Water,
Air and Soil Pollution 77: 359-383. [Also published in Trettin,
C.C., W.M. Aust, and J. Wisniewski. 1995. Wetlands of the interior
southeastern United States. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht,
The Netherlands]
Trettin, C.C., W.M. Aust, M.M. Davis, A.S. Weakley, and J. Wisniewski.
1994. Wetlands of the interior southeastern United States: conference
summary statement. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 77: 199-205. [Also
published in Trettin, C.C., W.M. Aust, and J. Wisniewski. 1995.
Wetlands of the interior southeastern United States. Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands]
LeBlond, R.J., A.S. Weakley, A.A. Reznicek, and W.J. Crins. 1994.
Carex lutea (Cyperaceae), a rare new Coastal Plain endemic
from North Carolina. Sida 16 (1): 153-161.
Weakley, A.S. 1994. Biotic communities of the southeast. BioScience
44 (4): 274-276. [Book review of Martin, W.H., S.G. Boyce, and A.C.
Echternacht, 1993, Biodiversity of the southeastern United States:
lowland terrestrial communities].
Weakley, A.S., and R.D. Houk. 1994. Recovery plan for Schweinitz's
Sunflower (Helianthus schweinitzii). Report to U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region, Atlanta, Ga.
Weakley, A.S. 1993. Natural Heritage Program list of the rare plant
species of North Carolina. N.C. Natural Heritage Program, Division
of Parks and Recreation, Raleigh, N.C.
Weakley, A.S. 1993. A revision of Trichostema section Trichostema
(Lamiaceae or Labiatae) [abstract]. ASB Bulletin 40 (2): 101.
Kelly, A.W., and A.S. Weakley. 1992. Stylisma pickeringii
var. pickeringii, Pickering's Dawnflower -- results of
a global status survey and proposal to list as a threatened species.
Report to The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
Weakley, A.S., and M.A. Bucher. 1992. Status review of Amaranthus
pumilus Raf. (Amaranthaceae), second (post Hurricane Hugo)
edition. Report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and North
Carolina Plant Conservation Program.
Weakley, A.S. and M.P. Schafale. 1992. Classification of pocosins
and associated wetlands of the Carolina Coastal Plain. Wetlands
11: 355-375.
Wentworth, T.R., M.P. Schafale, A.S. Weakley, R.K. Peet, P.S. White,
and C.C. Frost. 1992. A preliminary classification of North Carolina
barrier island forests. In C.A. Cole and K. Turner, Barrier island
ecology of the mid-Atlantic coast: a symposium. Technical Report
NPS/SERCAHA/NRTR-93/04.
Weakley, A.S. 1991. Natural Heritage Program list of the rare plant
species of North Carolina. N.C. Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh,
N.C. 69 pp.
Murdock, N.A., and A.S. Weakley. 1991. Recovery plan for Small-anthered
Bittercress (Cardamine micranthera Rollins). Southeast
Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Atlanta, Georgia.
Schafale, M.P., and A.S. Weakley. 1990. Ecological concerns about
pine straw raking in southeastern longleaf pine ecosystems. Natural
Areas Journal 10 (4): 220-221.
Schafale, M.P., and A.S. Weakley. 1990. Ecological concerns about
pine straw raking in southeastern longleaf pine ecosystems. Newsletter
of the North Carolina Wildflower Preservation Society 2 (2): 6-8.
Weakley, A.S. 1990. The maintenance of community-level biodiversity
in the Southeast -- theory and practice [abstract]. ASB Bulletin
37 (4): 21-22.
Weakley, A.S., S.P. Hall, and H.E. LeGrand, Jr. 1990. Rare plant
and animal species associated with longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)
in North Carolina. Occasional Report 1990-1 of the North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh, N.C.
Braswell, A.L., H.M. Wilbur, and A.S. Weakley. 1990. Geographic
distribution: Ambystoma talpoideum. SSAR, Herp. Review
21 (2): 36.
Weakley, A.S. 1990. Natural Heritage Program list of the rare plant
species of North Carolina. N.C. Natural Heritage Program, Raleigh,
N.C. 56 pp.
Schafale, M.P., and A.S. Weakley. 1990. Classification of the natural
communities of North Carolina, third approximation. N.C. Natural
Heritage Program, Raleigh, N.C. 325 pp. http://www.ncnhp.org/Images/Other%20Publications/class.pdf.
Accessed 10 December 2005.
Bucher, M.A. and A.S. Weakley. 1990. Status review of Amaranthus
pumilus Raf. (Amaranthaceae). Report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service and North Carolina Plant Conservation Program. 149 pp.
Weakley, A.S. 1989. The natural history of Long Hope Valley, Watauga
and Ashe counties, North Carolina. A report to the H. Smith Richardson
Trust and the North Carolina Nature Conservancy.
Herman, D.W., and A.S. Weakley. 1986. Geographic distribution: Clemmys
muhlenbergi. SSAR, Herp. Review 17 (2): 50.
Schafale, M.P., and A.S. Weakley. 1985. Classification of the natural
communities of North Carolina, second approximation. N.C. Natural
Heritage Program, Raleigh, N.C. 202 pp.
Weakley, A.S., and S.K. Scott. 1982. Natural features summary and
preserve design for Carolina Bays in Bladen and Cumberland counties,
North Carolina. 100 pp. & maps. Report to the N.C. Natural Heritage
Program.
Weakley, A.S. 1981. Natural features inventory and management recommendations
for Mary's Island Plantation, Colleton County, South Carolina. Report
to the H. Smith Richardson Family Trust. 151 pp. & maps.
Weakley, A.S. 1981. Swift Creek swamp forest communities, pp. 229-283
in A.E. Radford et al., eds., Natural Heritage: classification,
inventory, and information. Univ. of North Carolina Press, Chapel
Hill, N.C. 485 pp.
Weakley, A.S. 1980. Natural area inventory and management recommendations
for Big Yellow Mountain, Avery County, North Carolina. 100 pp. &
maps. Report to the North Carolina Nature Conservancy.
Weakley, A.S. 1980. Reports on ten outstanding natural areas in
Onslow, Pender, and New Hanover counties, North Carolina. Report
to the N.C. Natural Heritage Program.
Weakley, A.S., L.E. Mehrhoff, and L. Mansberg. 1979. Natural area
inventory and master plan for Bluff Mountain, Ashe County, North
Carolina. Report to the North Carolina Nature Conservancy. 225 pp.
& maps.
Weakley, A.S., J. Dickerson, and A.E. Radford. 1979. Land ecological
classification study of the Dan River Basin, Virginia and North
Carolina. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C. 323 pp.
& appendices.
Weakley, Alan S. 1978. The vegetation
of Swift Creek swamp forest, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Honors
essay, Botany Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
Awards & Honors
Distinguished Service Award
of the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation (1992)
Volunteer Award of the North Carolina Chapter
of The Nature Conservancy (1989)
Stewardship Award of the North Carolina
Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (1982)
Francis J. Leclair Award (most outstanding
senior botany student at the University of North Carolina) (1978)
Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Society (1977)
Sigma Xi Honorary Scientific Society (1983)
University Orchestra Award (1978)
University Wind Ensemble Award (1978)
National Science Foundation Fellow (1980-1983)
James B. Duke Fellow (1980-1984)