Publications
**If you need accessible versions of any of these PDF's, please email kindscher@ku.edu**
Books
Kindscher, K. (in preparation, a new edition). Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence. Contains 242 native species, illustrated with plant photos and maps.
Felger, R., Verrier, J., Kindscher, K., & Khera, X. (2021). Field Guide to the Trees of the Gila Region of New Mexico. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press.
Kindscher, K., Yellow Bird, L., Yellow Bird, M., & Sutton, L. (2020). Sahnish (Arikara) Ethnobotany. In Contributions in Ethnobiology, 205 pages.. Society for Ethnobiology.
Kindscher, K. 2016. Echinacea: Herbal Medicine with a Wild History. Switzerland: Springer.
Kindscher, K. 1992. Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence. Contains 203 native species, illustrated with line drawings and maps.
Kindscher, K. 1987. Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie: An Ethnobotanical Guide. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence. Contains 123 native species, illustrated with line drawings and maps.
Worster, B., editor. 2008. The Nature of Kansas Lands. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence. Foreword by D. Worster; essays by E. Schultz; ecosystem facts by K. Kindscher.
Other Publications
2022
Moody, J., & Kindscher, K. (2022). The Potential for Sustainable Harvest of Common Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana L.) fruits at Pea Ridge National Military Park (PDF). Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 23, 1-16.
2020
Kindscher, K. (2020). The Vascular Plants of Lake Roberts, Gila National Forest, Grant County, New Mexico (PDF). New Mexico Botanist, 68, 1-22.
2019
Kindscher, K., Martin, L. M., & Long, Q. (2019). The Sustainable Harvest of Wild Populations of Oshá (Ligusticum porteri) in Southern Colorado for the Herbal Products Trade (PDF). Economic Botany, 73(3), 341-356.
Kindscher, K., & Arvidson, A. (2019). Noxious and Invasive Weeds as Medicine: An Alternative for the pesticide treadmill and a way to reduce use of At-Risk Medicinal Plants (PDF). Journal of Medicinal Plant Conservation, 2019 (Spring), 14-16.
2018
Kindscher, K., Martin, L., Corbett, S., & Lafond, D. (2018). Nutritional Properties of Native Plants and Traditional Foods from the Central United States (PDF). Ethnobiology Letters, 9(2), 214-227.
Ticktin, T., Kindscher, K., Souther, S., Weisberg, P., Chamberlain, J., Hummel, S., Mitchell, C., & Sanders, S. (2018). Ecological and Human Dimensions of Nontimber Forest Product Harvest (PDF). In General Technical Report of the US Forest Service, Southern Research Station (pp. 60-81). US Forest Service.
2017
Kindscher, K., Martin, L.M., Long, Q., Craft, R., Loring, H., Sharaf, M.H.M., & Yang, J. 2017. Harvesting and Recolonization of Wild Populations of Oshá (Ligusticum porteri) in Southern Colorado (PDF). Natural Areas Journal, 37(2), 178–187.
2016
Kindscher, K., Martin, L. M., Staab, E. M., & Delisle, J. M. 2016. A natural areas inventory of Douglas County in northeast Kansas (PDF) (Open-File Report No. 184). Lawrence, KS: Kansas Natural Heritage Inventory, Kansas Biological Survey.
Shipley, Gerhard P. and Kindscher, K. 2016. Evidence for the Paleoethnobotany of the Neanderthal: A Review of the Literature (PDF). Scientifica, vol. 2016, 12 pages.
Araya, J. J., Kindscher, K., & Timmermann, B. 2016. Sullivantosides A-F: Pregnane glycosides from Asclepias sullivantii L. Phytochemistry Letters (PDF), 16, 185–191.
Gori, D., Cooper, M. S., Soles, E. S., Stone, M., Morrison, R., Turner, T. F., Propst, D. L., Garfin, G., Switanek, M., Chang, H.-I., Bassett, S., Haney, J., Lyons, D., Horner, M., Dahm, C. N., Frey, J. K., Kindscher, K., Walker, H. A., & Bogan, M. T.2016. Gila River Flow Needs Assessment (PDF). The New Mexico Botanist, (5), 24-32.
2015
Craft, R., McClure, K. C., Corbett, S., Ferreira, M. P., Stiffarm, A. M., & Kindscher, K. 2015. Ethnic differences in medicinal plant use among University students: a cross-sectional survey of self-reported medicinal plant use at two Midwest Universities (PDF). BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 15(1), 1–10.
Gallagher, R. J., Subramanian, C., Grogan, P. T., Kindscher, K., Cao, C.-M., Zhang, H., Cohen, M. S., & Timmermann, B. N. 2015. The therapeutic potential of Physalis longifolia against various carcinomas. PharmaNutrition (PDF), 3(4), 146 – 152.
Cao, C. M., Wu, X., Kindscher, K., Xu, L., & Timmermann, B. N. 2015. Withanolides and Sucrose Esters from Physalis neomexicana (PDF). Journal of natural products, 78(10), 2488-93.
Cao, C. M., Kindscher, K., Gallagher, R. J., Zhang, H., & Timmermann, B. N. 2015. Analysis of Major Withanolides in Physalis longifolia Nutt (PDF). by HPLC-PDA. Journal of chromatographic science, 53(7), 1044-7.
Zhang, H., Cao, C. M., Gallagher, R. J., Day, V. W., Kindscher, K., & Timmermann, B. N. 2015. Withanolides from Physalis coztomatl (PDF). Phytochemistry, 109, 147-53.
2014
Kindscher, K. 2014. Riparian Vegetation of the Upper Gila River and Southwestern Streams. Gila River Flow Needs Assessment (pp. 190-208). The Nature Conservancy. (PDF)
Kindscher K., Cao C., Gallagher R.J., Zhang H., Long Q., Service L., Martin L.M., Timmermann B.N. 2014. Comparison of bioactive secondary metabolites in experimental and natural populations of wild tomatillos (PDF), Physalis longifolia Nutt. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 12, 175-182.
Long, Q., Foster, B. L., & Kindscher, K. 2014. Seed and microsite limitations mediate stochastic recruitment in a low-diversity prairie restoration (PDF). Plant Ecology, 215(11), 1287–1298.
Cao C., Zhang H., Gallagher R.J., Day V.W., Kindscher K., Grogan P., Cohen M.S., Timmerman B.N. 2014. Withanolides from Physalis hispida (PDF). Journal of Natural Products 7, 631-639.
Castle L.M., Leopold S., Craft R., Kindscher K. 2014. Ranking tool created for medicinal plants at risk of being overharvested in the wild (PDF). Ethnobiology Letters 5, 77-88.
2013
Kindscher, K., Yang, J., Long, Q., Craft, R., & Loring, H. 2013. Harvest Sustainability Study of Wild Populations of Osha (PDF), Ligusticum porteri. Kansas Biological Survey Report No. 176. Lawrence, KS: Kansas Biological Survey.
Kindscher K., Corbett S., McClure K. 2013. A statistical analysis of medicinal plants: A case study of plant families in Kansas and the Great Plains (PDF). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 116, 149-155.
Zhang H., Bazzill J., Gallagher R.J., Subramanian C., Grogan P.T., Day V.W., Kindscher K., Cohen M.S., Timmermann B.N. 2013. Antiproliferative withanolides from Datura wrightii (PDF). Journal of Natural Products 76, 445-449.
2012
Kindscher K., Long Q., Corbett S., Bosnak K., Loring H., Cohen M., Timmermann B.N. “The Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology of Wild Tomatillos, Physalis longifolia Nutt (PDF)., and Related Physalis Species: A Review. Economic Botany. 2012(PDF).
Kindscher K., Craft R., Bosnak K., Timmermann B.N. “The Lucius Sayre Legacy: Reviving the Study of Medicinal Plants of the Plains (PDF).” Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 115(1/2):19-26. 2012.
J.J. Araya, F. Binns, K. Kindscher, B.N. Timmermann. 2012. “Verticillosides A-M: Polyoxygenated pregnane glycodies from Asclepias verticillata L (PDF).” Phytochemistry, 75, 400-407.
J.J. Araya, K. Kindscher, B.N. Timmermann. 2012. “Cytotoxic Cardiac Glycosides and other compounds fromAsclepias syriaca (PDF).” Journal of Natural Products. (In press). dx.doi.org/10.1021/np2008076.
Zhang, H., A. K. Samadi, R. J. Gallagher, J. J. Araya, X. Tong, V. W. Day, M. S. Cohen, K. Kindscher, R. Gollapudi, and B. N. Timmermann. 2011. “Cytotoxic withanolide constituents of Physalis longifolia. (PDF)” Journal of Natural Products 74: 2532−2544.
2011
Kindscher, K., H. Kilroy, J. Delisle, Q. Long, H. Loring, K. Dobbs and J. Drake. 2011. Vegetation mapping and classification of Homestead National Monument of America (PDF). Natural Resource Report NPS/HTLN/NRR—2011/345. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Kindscher, K., H. Kilroy, J. Delisle, Q. Long, H. Loring, K. Dobbs, and J. Drake. 2011. Vegetation mapping and classification of Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve: Project report (PDF). Natural Resource Report NRR/HTLN/NRR—2011/346. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Questad, E., B. Foster, S. Jog, K. Kindscher, and H. Loring. 2011. “Evaluating Patterns of Biodiversity in Managed Grasslands Using Spatial Turnover Metrics (PDF).” Biological Conservation 144: 1050-1058.
2010
Kindscher, K., Q. Long, and H. Loring. 2010. “Wetlands Along the Gila River in Southwestern New Mexico (PDF).” Natural History of the Gila Symposium, New Mexico Botanist, special issue 2: 116-121. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Debinski, D., H. Wickham, K. Kindscher, J. Caruthers, and M. Germino. 2010. “Montane Meadow Change During Drought Varies with Background Hydrologic Regime and Plant Functional Group (PDF).” Ecology 91:1672-81.
Felger, R. and K. Kindscher. 2010. “Trees of the Gila Forest Region, New Mexico (PDF).” Natural History of the Gila Symposium, New Mexico Botanist, special issue 2: 38-66. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Foster, B., I.S. Khavin, C. Murphy, V. Smith, M.E. Ramspott, K. Price, and K. Kindscher. 2010. “Integrated Responses of Grassland Biodiversity and Ecosystem Properties to Hay management: A Field Experiment (PDF).” Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 113: 103-119.
Gehring, R. and K. Kindscher. 2010. “The Medicinal Use of Native North American Plants in Domestic Animals.” Pp. 213-230 In Ethnoveterinary Botanical Medicine: Herbal Medicines for Animal Health, edited by R. D. Katerere and D. Luseba. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
2009
Kindscher, K., W. Busby, R. Craft, J. Delisle, C. Freeman, H. Kilroy, Q. Long, H. Loring, R. Moranz, and F. Norman. 2009. “A Natural Areas Inventory of Anderson and Linn Counties in Kansas. (PDF)” Open-File Report, No. 158.Kansas Biological Survey. Lawrence, Kansas. 79 pages.
Kindscher, K. and L. Byczynski. 2009. “Native Prairie Hay Meadows: A Landowner’s Management Guide. (PDF)” Kansas Biological Survey. 32 pages.
Kindscher, K., F. Norman, and L. Byczynski. 2009. “Floristic Quality of Vegetation at Lead and Zinc Mined Lands in Cherokee County, Kansas. (PDF)” Open-File Report, No. 149. Kansas Biological Survey. Lawrence, Kansas. 67 pages.
Kindscher, K. 2009 (1986). Gardening With Southeast Asian Refugees. Community Garden Coalition, Inc., Columbia, Missouri. (PDF) Updated and revised in 2009.
Kindscher, K. 2009. “High Plains Horticulture: A History. (PDF)” Review of a book by John Freeman. Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains 32.
Kindscher, K. 2009. “Plains Apache Ethnobotany. (PDF)” Review of a book by Julia Jordan. Journal of Ethnobiology 29:365-67.
Foster, B., K. Kindscher, G. Houseman, and C. Murphy. 2009. “Effects of Hay Management and Native Species Sowing on Grassland Community Structure, Biomass, and Restoration. (PDF)” Ecological Applications 19:1884-1896.
2008
Kindscher, K. 2008. “Vegetation and Habitat Along the Gila River in Southwestern New Mexico. (PDF)” Pp. 49-53 in Natural History of the Gila: A Symposium, New Mexico Botanist, special issue 1. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Kindscher, K., R. Jennings, W. Norris, and R. Shook. 2008. “Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Vascular Plants, and Habitat in the Gila River Riparian Zone in Southwestern New Mexico. (PDF)” Open-File Report No. 151. Kansas Biological Survey. Lawrence, Kansas. 42 pages.
Kindscher, K., Q. Long, and L. Byczynski. 2008. “Mead’s Milkweed Reintroduction Plan for Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge. (PDF)” Open-File Report No. 152. Kansas Biological Survey. Lawrence, Kansas. 12 pages.
Kindscher, K. and W. R. Norris, editors. 2008. “Introduction. (PDF)” Pp. 5-6 in Natural History of the Gila: A Symposium,New Mexico Botanist, special issue 1. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Kindscher, K., D.M. Price, and L. Castle. 2008. “Re-sprouting of Echinacea angustifolia Augments Sustainability of Wild Medicinal Plant Populations. (PDF)” Economic Botany 62(2):139-147.
2007
Busby, W.H., J.M. Delisle, C.C. Freeman, K. Kindscher, H. Loring, D.E. Nimz, and C.J. Schmidt. 2007. “A Natural Features Inventory of the Smoky Hill ANG Range, Kansas. (PDF)” Open-File Report No. 137. Kansas Biological Survey. Lawrence, Kansas. 403 pages.
Foster, B. and K. Kindscher. 2007.” Controls on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function in Managed Grasslands. (PDF)”National Resource Initiative Research Highlights, No. 2.
Foster, B.L., C.A. Murphy, K. Keller, T. Aschenbach, E.J. Questad, and K. Kindscher. 2007. “Restoration of Prairie Community Structure and Ecosystem Function in an Abandoned Hayfield: A Sowing Experiment. (PDF)” Restoration Ecology 15:652-661.
Long, Q. and K. Kindscher. 2007. “A Comparison of the Influence of Disturbance Regimes on Native Forbs (Kansas). (PDF)”Ecological Restoration 25(2):129-30.
Powell, A., W. Busby, and K. Kindscher. 2007. “Status of the Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia) and Effects of Fire Management on its Abundance in Northeastern Kansas. (PDF)” Journal of Insect Conservation, November 1006, 10 pages.
Price, D.H. and K. Kindscher. 2007. “One Hundred Years of Echinacea angustifolia Harvest in the Smoky Hills of Kansas, USA. (PDF)” Economic Botany 61:86-95.
Stotts, C., M. Palmer, and K. Kindscher. 2007. “The Need for Savanna Restoration in the Cross Timbers. (PDF)” Oklahoma Native Plant Record 7:78-90.
Weber, M., C. Knov, K. Kindscher, R. Brown, S. Niemann, and J. Chapman. 2007. “Identification of Medicinally Active Compounds in Prairie Plants by HPLC Coupled to Electron Impact-Mass Spectrometry. (PDF)” American Laboratory 39:9-11.
2006
Kindscher, K. 2006. “Forward” to A Taste of Heritage, by Alma Snell. University of Nebraska Press, edited by Lisa Castle.
Kindscher, K. 2006. “Natural Resource Inventory and Restoration Plan for the Black Jack Battlefield Site. (PDF)” Open-File Report No. 129. Kansas Biological Survey. Lawrence, Kansas. 21 pages.
Aschenbach, T. and K. Kindscher. 2006. “Plant Species on Salt-Affected Soil at Cheyenne Bottom, Kansas. (PDF)”Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 109:207-213.
Ashworth, S., B. Foster, and K. Kindscher. 2006. “Relative Contributions of Adjacent Species Set and Environmental Conditions to Plant Community Richness and Composition in a Group of Created Wetlands. (PDF)” Wetlands 26:149-167.
Jog, S., E. Questad, K. Kindscher, B. Foster, and H. Loring. 2006. “Floristic Quality as an Indicator of Native Species Diversity within Managed Grasslands. (PDF)” Natural Areas Journal 26:149-167.
Nabhan, G. and K. Kindscher. 2006. Renewing the Native Food Traditions of Bison Nation. Renewing America’s Food Traditions Consortium. (PDF) Flagstaff, Arizona. 8 pages.
White, S. and K. Kindscher. 2006. “Natural Resource and Open Space Assessment and Planning Recommendations for Miami County, Kansas. (PDF)” Open-File Report, No. 126. Kansas Biological Survey. Lawrence, Kansas. 30 pages.
2005
Kindscher, K. W. Busby, J. Delisle, J. Dropkin, and C. Freeman. 2005. “A Natural Areas Inventory of Douglas, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, and Wyandotte Counties in Northeast Kansas. (PDF)” Open-File Report, No. 124. Kansas Biological Survey. Lawrence, Kansas. 79 pages.
Fraser, A. and K. Kindscher. 2005. “Spatial Distribution of Spartina pectinata Transplants to Restore Wet Prairie. (PDF)”Restoration Ecology 13:144-151.
Loring, H., K. Kindscher, and J. Delisle. 2005. “A Survey of Natural Area Sites in Cherokee County, Kansas. (PDF)” Kansas Biological Survey Open-File Report, No. 125. Lawrence, Kansas. 33 pages.
2004
Kindscher, K. 2004. “Plant Lore.” P. 309 In Encyclopedia of the Great Plains, edited by David Wishart. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln.
Kindscher, K., T. Aschenbach, and S. Ashworth. 2004. “Wetland Vegetation Response to the Restoration of Sheet Flow at Cheyenne Bottoms, Kansas. (PDF)” Restoration Ecology 12(3):368-375.
Su, J.C., D.M. Debinski, M.E. Jakubauskas, and K. Kindscher. 2004. “Beyond Species Richness: Community Similarity as a Measure of Cross-Taxon Congruence for Coarse-Filter Conservation. (PDF)” Conservation Biology 18:167-173.
2003
Freeman, C. C., Busby, W. H., Delisle, J., Kettle, W. D., Kindscher, K., Loring, H., Morse, C. A., & Salisbury, V. B. 2003. A Natural Areas Inventory of the Ft. Leavenworth Military Reservation, Leavenworth County, Kansas. II. Kansas Biological Survey Open-file Report, No. 117. Lawrence, KS.
Aschenbach, T. and K. Kindscher. 2003. “Comparison of Planting Treatments in a Tallgrass Prairie Restoration.”Proceedings of the 18th North American Prairie Conference. Truman State University, Kirksville, MO, pp. 44-48.
Barnes, C. C., M. K. Smalley, K.P. Manfredi, K. Kindscher, H. Loring, and D.M. Sheeley. 2003. “Characterization of a Anti-Tuberculosis Resin Glycoside from the Prairie Medicinal Plant Ipomoea leptophylla. (PDF)” Journal of Natural Products 66:1457-1462.
2002
Kindscher. K. and E. Noguera. 2002. “Cultural Use of Plants from the Baker Wetlands. (PDF)” Prepared for the Technical Outreach Services for Native American Communities (TOSNAC) at Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kansas.
Kettle, D., Kindscher, K., & Delisle, J. 2002. Preliminary Analysis of Historic Vegetation along the Marais des Cygnes River (Kansas). Kansas Biological Survey Open-file Report, No.106.
Menard, S., K. Kindscher, and D. Peterson. 2002. “Using Ecological Systems as Land Cover Map Units for the GAP Analysis Program in Kansas: Summary Report to USGS-BRD Gap Analysis Program. (PDF)” NatureServe, Mineapolis, MN andKansas Biological Survey. Lawrence, KS. Unpublished report. 63 pages.
2001
Fraser, A. and K. Kindscher. 2001. “Tree Spade Transplanting of Spartina pectinata (Link) and Eleocharis macrostachya (Britt.) in a Prairie Wetland Restoration. (PDF)” Aquatic Botany 71(4):297–304.
Jakubauskas, M.E., K. Kindscher, and D.M. Debinski. 2001. “Spectral and Biophysical Relationships of Montane Sagebrush Communities in Multitemporal SPOT XS Data. (PDF)” International Journal of Remote Sensing 22:1767-78.
Manfredi, K.P., Vallurupalli, V., M. Demidova, K. Kindscher, and L.K. Pannell. 2001. “Isolation of an Anti-HIV Diprenylated Bibenzyl from Glycyrrhiza lepidota. (PDF)” Phytochemistry 58:153-157.
Saveraid, E.H., D.M. Debinski, K. Kindscher, and M.E. Jakubauskas. 2001. “A Comparison of Satellite Data and Landscape Variables in Predicting Bird Species Occurrences in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. (PDF)” Landscape Ecology16(1):71-83.
2000
Kindscher, K. and A. Fraser. 2000. “Planting Forbs First Provides Greater Species Diversity in Tallgrass Prairie Restorations. (PDF)” Ecological Restoration 18:115-116.
Loring, H., Kindscher, K., & Bullerman, M. 2000. An Inventory of the Central Mixed-Grass Prairie Ecoregion in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. Kansas Biological Survey Open-file Report, No. 97.
Anderson, H.W., W. Silberstein, M. Cobb, and K. Kindscher. 2000. “Conservation Easements in the 10th Federal Circuit.” In Protecting the Land: Conservation Easements, Past, Present, and Future. Island Press, Covelo, CA.
Debinski, D.M., M.E. Jakubauskas, and K. Kindscher. 2000. “Montane Meadows as Indicators of Environmental Change. (PDF)” Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 64:213-225.
Jakubauskas, M.E., K. Kindscher, A. Fraser, and D.M. Debinski. 2000. “Close-Range Remote Sensing of Aquatic Macrophyte Vegetation Cover. (PDF)” International Journal of Remote Sensing 21:3533-3538.
Kettle, W. D., P. M. Rich, K. Kindscher, G. L. Pittman, and P. Fu. 2000. “Land-Use History in Ecosystem Restoratation: A 40-Year Study in Prairie-Forest Ecotone. (PDF)” Restoration Ecology 8:307-317.
1990s
Aschenbach, T. A. and K. Kindscher. 1999. “Review of The Tallgrass Restoration Handbook for Prairies. (PDF)” Restoration Ecology 7:212-214.
Davison, C. and K. Kindscher. 1999. “Tools for Diversity: Fire, Grazing, and Mowing on Tallgrass Prairies. (PDF)” Ecological Restoration 17:136-143.
Debinski, D., K. Kindscher, and M.E. Jakubauskas. 1999. “A Remote Sensing and GIS-Based Model of Habitats and Biodiversity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. (PDF)” International Journal of Remote Sensing 17:3281-3291.
Fraser, A. and K. Kindscher. 1999. “Tree Spade Used to Establish Wetland Grasses, Rushes, and Sedges. (PDF)” Ecological Restoration 17:162-163.
Lauver, C.L., K. Kindscher, D. Faber-Langendoen, and R. Schneider. 1999. “A Classification of the Natural Vegetation of Kansas. (PDF)” Southwest Naturalist 44:421-444.
Row, J. M., R. L. Wynia, T. C. Conway, and K. Kindscher. 1999. “Propagation of Mead’s Milkweed.” Pp. 235-242 of the Proceedings of the 16th North American Prairie Conference, edited by Joseph T. Springer. University of Nebraska at Kearney. (PDF)
Kindscher, K., Kahn, L., & Fraser, A. 1998. Identification of Wetland Restoration Sites on the Potawatomi Indian Reservation. Kansas Biological Survey Open-file Report, No. 81.
Kindscher, K., A. Fraser, M.E. Jakubauskas, and D. Debinski. 1998. “Identifying Wetland Meadows in Grand Teton National Park Using Remote Sensing and Average Wetland Values. (PDF)” Wetlands Ecology and Management 5:265-273.
Kindscher, K. and J. Holah. 1998. An Old-Growth Definition of Western Hardwood Gallery Forest. (PDF) U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Southern Research Station, General Technical Report SRS-22, 12 pages.
Kindscher, K. and D. Hurlburt. 1998. “Huron Smith’s Ethnobotany of the Hocak (Winnebago). (PDF)” Economic Botany52:352-372.
Kindscher, K., K.P. Manfredi, M. Britton, M. Demidova, and D. Hurlburt. 1998. “Testing Prairie Plants with Ethnobotanical Importance for Anti-Cancer and Anti-AIDS Compounds. (PDF)” Journal of Ethnobiology 18:229-245.
Kindscher, K., M. Mehaffey, A. Fraser, and E. Pogge. 1998. “Kansas Department of Transportation Wetland Mitigation Sites–Analysis and Opportunity for Improving Success. (PDF)” Open-File Report, No. 82. Kansas Biological Survey. 46 pages.
Kindscher, K. and L. Tieszen. 1998. “Floristic and Soil Organic Matter Changes after Five and Thirty-Five Years of Native Tallgrass Prairie Restoration. (PDF)” Restoration Ecology 6:181-196.
Loring, H., Kindscher, K., Aschenbach, T., & Fraser, A. 1998. A Survey of Large Ranches and Prairie Remnants in the Flint Hills and Central Tall Grass Prairie Ecoregion of Kansas. Kansas Biological Survey Open-file Report, No. 88.
Kindscher, K., Mehaffey, M., Fraser, A., & Pogge, E. 1997. Kansas Department of Transportation Wetland Mitigation Sites—Analysis and Opportunity for Improving Success. Kansas Biological Survey Open-file Report, No. 82.
Kindscher K. and N. Scott. 1997. “Land Ownership and Tenure of the Largest Land Parcels in the Flint Hills of Kansas, USA.” (PDF) Natural Areas Journal 17(2):131-135.
Fraser A. and K. Kindscher. 1997. “Plant Species Provide Key to Range Management Success. (PDF)” Rural Papers of the Kansas Rural Center (May), pp. 6-7.
Kindscher, K., Wilson, S., Fraser, A., & Lauver, C. 1996. Vegetation Analysis of Western Kansas Playa Lakes—1993–1995. Kansas Biological Survey Open-file Report, No. 70.
Kindscher, K., S. Wilson, A. Fraser, and C. Lauver. 1996. “Vegetation Analysis of Western Kansas Playa Lakes—1993–1995" (PDF).
Freeman, C. C., W. H. Busby, C. L. Lauver, K. Kindscher, J. Elliott, & D. A. Eifler. 1996. A Natural Areas Inventory of the Ft. Leavenworth Military Reservation, Leavenworth County, Kansas. Kansas Natural Heritage Inventory, Kansas Biological Survey Open-file Report, No. 77.
Lauver, C. L., Busby, W. H., & Kindscher, K. 1996. Identification and Delineation of Loggerhead Shrike Habitat on the Fort Riley Military Reservation. Kansas Biological Survey Open-file Report, No. 69.
Kindscher, K. and P. V. Wells. 1995. “Prairie Plant Guilds: An Ordination of Prairie Plant Species Based on Ecological and Morphological Trait s (PDF). ” Vegetation 117:29-50.
Kindscher, K. 1994. “Rockefeller Prairie: A Case Study of Plant Guild Classification of a Tallgrass Prairie (PDF).” Pp. 123-140 in the Proceedings of the 13th North American Prairie Conference: Spirit of the Land, Our Prairie Legacy, ed. Robert G. Wicket, Patricia Dolan Lewis, Allan Woodliffe, and Paul Pratt. Department of Parks and Recreation, Windsor, ON.
Kindscher, K. 1992. Restoring and Creating Wetlands: A Planning Guide for the Central States Region: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska (PDF). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, Bob Barber, project officer.
Freeman, C. C., & Kindscher, K. 1992. Supporting Documentation for Tasks 4 and 5: Environmental Segments 2, 3, and 5—SE Kansas Corridor Endangered and Threatened Species. Kansas Biological Survey Open-file Report, No. 51.
Freeman, C. C., W. D. Kettle, K. Kindscher, R. E. Brooks, V. C. Varner, and C. M. Pitcher. 1991. “Vascular Plants of the Kansas Ecological Reserves. (PDF)” Pp. 23-45 in “Ecological and Hydrogeology of the Kansas Ecological Reserves and the Baker Wetlands,” edited by W. D. Kettle and D. O. Wittemore. Open-File Report, No. 91-35. Kansas Geological Survey. Lawrence, Kansas.
1980s
Kindscher, K. 1989. “The Ethnobotany of the Purple Coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) and Other Echinacea Species. (PDF)”Economic Botany 43(4):498-507.
Kindscher, K. 1988. “The Ethnobotanical Use of Native Prairie Plants for Food. (PDF)” Section 2.04 of Proceedings of the Tenth North American Prairie Conference, edited by Arnold Davis and Geoffrey Stanford. Native Prairie Association of Texas, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX.
Kindscher, K. (1983, Winter). Bibliography for the North American Prairies (PDF). CoEvolution Quarterly.
Kindscher, K. 1981. “Bibliography for the North American. (PDF)”
Kindscher, K. 1980. “Agricultural Ecosystems. (PDF)”