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Reproductive Biology of Relict Trillium (Trillium reliquum) 

Waddell, Melissa (2006-08-15)
Pollination and seed dispersal were studied in six populations of the endangered plant species Trillium reliquum in Bullock and Lee counties in Alabama and in Muscogee County, Georgia. Few populations of this species exist ...

Restoration of Native Plants Through Chemical Control of Alligatorweed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) at Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge 

Allen, Shannon (2006-08-15)
Moist-soil management is a technique used to improve quality of wetland habitats for a variety of waterbird species, but alien invasive plant species may impact success of moist-soil management. Alligatorweed (Alternanthera ...

Riparian Woody Plant Diversity, Composition, and Structure across an Urban-Rural Land Use Gradient in the Piedmont of Georgia, US 

Burton, Michele (2006-12-15)
Riparian forests are increasingly threatened by urban expansion and land use change worldwide. Understanding the impacts of urbanization on riparian forests is critical because riparian areas provide a variety of important ...

Some Like it Hot: Fire and Legume Germination in the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem 

Wiggers, Marion Scott (2011-03-29)
Fire is a globally distributed disturbance and is important for structuring and maintaining the diversity of many frequently burned ecosystems. Competitive relationships and vegetation patterns may be affected by fire’s ...

Urban Sprawl and Atmospheric Pollution Effects on Forests in the Georgia Piedmont 

Styers, Diane (2008-05-15)
Current and projected population pressures on natural lands in the South have resulted in extensive amounts of rural forests being converted to human-modified urban uses. Such substantial loss of forest land and wildlife ...

Xyris tennesseensis: status survey, habitat restoration/management concerns, and relation to a new xyrid, Xyris spathifolia 

Moffett, James (2008-08-15)
Xyris tennesseensis is a federally endangered, obligate wetland, perennial herb. It inhabits calcareous seeps, fens, and spring runs with a distribution restricted to the Interior Plateau and Ridge and Valley ecoregions ...