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The Tennessee Native Plant Society (TNPS), founded 1977, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in Nashville for preservation and education about the native flora of Tennessee including the Great Smoky Mountains. [2] TNPS supports the Tennessee-Kentucky Plant Atlas, an online database of plant distribution records, maps, and images.
Oklahoma Native Plant Society (Oklahoma) Southern Environmental Law Center (Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia) Tennessee Native Plant Society (Tennessee) Texas Campaign for the Environment (Texas) Torreya Guardians (Georgia) Tri-State Bird Research and Rescue (Delaware)
This category contains the native flora of Tennessee as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include taxa here that are endemic or have restricted distributions (e.g. only a few countries).
The Tennessee Invasive Plant Council has identified the following invasive plants in Tennessee. The plants are all widely established across the state and have been reported in more than 10 counties.
Native plants in the U.S. are under threat from habitat loss, construction, overgrazing, wildfires, invasive species, bioprospecting — the search for plant and animal species from which ...
The Massachusetts Invasive Plant Advisory Group (MIPAG) defines invasive species are "non-native species that have spread into native or minimally managed plant systems in Massachusetts, causing ...
These forests are known for their rich diversity of plants and animals, which is due to several contributing factors, especially that the area was an unglaciated refugium for many species. It shares species with the high elevation Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests to the east, the hardwood forests to the west, and the mixed hardwood/ conifer ...
It is found in the central area of the southern Appalachian mountains, mainly on rocky outcrops of limestone or mafic rocks. [71] [72] Eriogonum alleni [73] Eubotrys recurva- mountain fetterbush. It is common at higher elevations of the southern Appalachian mountains. [74] [75] Eutrochium steelei - Appalachian Joe Pye weed. [76] [77]