Anne Frances, NatureServe; Amanda Treher, NatureServe; Wesley Knapp, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program Plants that occur in only one to few locations globally are most at-risk of extinction. Research on the extinct plants of North America shows that 64% of extinct plants were known from one site. Single site endemics generally face higher threats than plants […]
Wesley Knapp, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program Extinction rates are expected to increase during the Anthropocene. Current extinction rates of plants and many animals remain unknown. This study represents the first effort to quantify extinctions among the vascular flora of North America north of Mexico since European settlement. We compiled data on apparently extinct species […]
Brenda L. Wicchman, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program Chris Stoehrel U.S. Forest Service, Cherokee National Forest Caitlin Elam Tennessee Natural Heritage Program, Division of Natural Areas Some of the rarest wetlands in the southeastern United States are the non-alluvial wetlands of the Blue Ridge region. Many of these wetlands are current conservation areas or priorities […]