Fifty Years of Southern Appalachian Botany - A Profile of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club
by Michael J. Baranski
Table 3. First year of membership of 562 SABC members.
| 1936 - 4 | 1946 - 2 | 1956 - 3 | 1966 - 6 | 1976 - 22 |
| 1947 - 2 | 1957 - 3 | 1967 - 4 | 1977 - 32 | |
| 1938 - 1 | 1948 - 2 | 1958 - 5 | 1968 - 12 | 1978 - 15 |
| 1939 - 1 | 1959 - 4 | 1969 - 5 | 1979 - 26 | |
| 1950 - 4 | 1960 - 4 | 1970 - 11 | 1980 - 30 | |
| 1941 - 1 | 1951 - 4 | 1961 - 10 | 1971 - 14 | 1981 - 24 |
| 1942 - 1 | 1952 - 3 | 1962 - 5 | 1972 - 18 | 1982 - 32 |
| 1943 - 2 | 1953 - 2 | 1963 - 5 | 1973 - 11 | 1983 - 69 |
| 1954 - 3 | 1964 - 4 | 1974 - 25 | 1984 - 44 | |
| 1945 - 2 | 1955 - 3 | 1965 - 15 | 1975 - 15 | 1985 - 52 |
| 12 | 25 | 58 | 121 | 346 |
| 2.1% | 4.5% | 10.3% | 21.5% | 61.6% |