SePPCon 2024: New & Rare Species Management

SePPCon 2024: New & Rare Species Management   Maintaining population integrity in genetically diverse Erigeron (Asteraceae) populations in Western North Carolina Anastasia Wilson* (1), Dr. Katherine Mathews (1), Dr. Jacob Heiling (1), Dr. Richard Noyes (2) (1) Western Carolina University, (2) University of Central Arkansas The Erigeron strigosus Muhl. Ex Willd (Asteraceae) species complex is […]

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Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire: Threats Facing the Newly Described and Globally Imperiled Fothergilla milleri

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Clayton Hale, Mississippi State University Miller’s witch-alder (Fothergilla milleri) (Hamamelidaceae) is a small shrub known from a few populations in coastal Alabama, the panhandle of Florida, and one county in Georgia. According to NatureServe, F. milleri is a G2 globally imperiled species. It was first described in March of 2020 and is one of only two […]

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