[PCA] NEWS: Rare plant found at Doerun Natural Area near Moultrie, GA

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.lincolnjournalonline.com/news/2008/1009/News/042.html

Rare plant found at Doerun Natural Area near Moultrie
October 9, 2008

Some plants and animals are generalists. They live in a variety of 
habitats. Others are specialists, persisting only where very specific 
conditions occur.

The federally endangered American chaffseed ranks among the latter. 
Schwalbea americana needs open pine forests or savannas, undisturbed soil 
and frequent fires, especially during the growing season. With fewer than 
35 small populations reported in Georgia, this plant most often occurs in 
the ecotone or habitat transition zone between upland forests and 
wetlands.

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