Rare species from similar fire maintained communities are likely to have similar recovery needs in Endangered Species Act recovery plans.  Echinacea laevigata (smooth coneflower) and Helianthus schweinitzii (Schweinitz’s sunflower) occur in separate, but similar fire maintained habitats in the Southeastern US. Fire suppression and fragmentation have relegated both species to marginal habitat on forest edges, roadsides and utility rights-of-way. […]
Cooperative Recovery for Echinacea laevigata (smooth coneflower) and Helianthus schweinitzii (Schweinitz’s sunflower)
