Record #:

10918

Author(s):

Cruze, Sidney

Abstract:

North Carolina is home to over 4,000 native flowering plants, and 740 of them are considered rare or significantly rare. A large number of 47 plants is designated threatened. Among these plants are the Appalachian filmy fern, Eastern prairie blue wild indigo, Gray's lily, Georgia aster, Gray's lily, Plymouth gentian, Seabeach amaranth, and Small's portulaca.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 73 Issue 3, Mar 2009, p20-25, il

Subject(s):

Endangered plants; Rare plants