Saving the wild South : the fight for native plants on the brink of extinction / Georgann Eubanks ; photographs by Donna Campbell.

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"From the Miccosukee gooseberry to the Florida torreya, the twelve plants starring in The wild South are native to the American South, a place known for its astonishingly rich biodiversity. Georgann Eubanks treks across the region, from Alabama to North Carolina, reporting on their wondrous biology....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eubanks, Georgann (Author)
Other Authors: Campbell, Donna, 1951- (Photographer)
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Endangered plants > Southern States.
Rare plants > Southern States.
Plant conservation > Southern States.
Endangered plants.
Plant conservation.
Rare plants.
Southern States.
Physical Description:256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Yadkin River goldenrod and Heller's blazing star
  • Florida torreya
  • Alabama canebrake pitcher plant and green pitcher plant
  • Miccosukee gooseberry
  • Shoals spider lily (Cahaba lily)
  • Morefield's leather flower
  • Michaux's sumac
  • River cane
  • Schweinitz's sunflower
  • American chaffseed
  • Epilogue: tending the garden.