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Protecting spreading avens as climate threat grows in Western NC
Biologists from National Park Service, Forest Service, and Fish and Wildlife Service have teamed for 15 years to monitor spreading avens Geum radiatum on high elevation cliffs in Western North Carolina. About 500 plants across 15 sites are tagged and checked yearly, with concerns focused on climate change and repeated freeze thaw cycles that threaten this endangered endemic.
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Asheville
United States
Appalachians
National Park Service
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
North Carolina
Blue Ridge Parkway
Chris Ulrey
Gary Kauffman
Eric Menges
Archbold Biological Station
Florida
Rebekah Reid
N.C
Botanical Gardens
National Forest
Uhrey
Roan High Bluff
Roan Mountain
Pisgah National Forest
North Carolina-Tennessee
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Reid
WNC
Tennessee
Kauffman
Blue Ridge
Ulrey
Appalachian
Kauffman, Menges
Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio
Adam B. Smith
Biological Conservation
Dorian
Alaska