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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.
Allium stellatum is a perennial forming a bulb underground. An erect, leafless scape up to 30–60 centimetres (1–2 ft) tall arises from grass-like basal leaves that are up to 30 centimetres (1 ft) long.
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).
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 ...
Ageratina luciae-brauniae - endemic to sandstone rockhouses in Tennessee and Kentucky. [12] [13] Ageratina roanensis [12] Allium allegheniense [14] Allium keeverae [15] Allium oxyphilum [16] Ambrosia porcheri- exists only in Pickens County and Greenville County of South Carolina. [17] [18] Amorpha glabra - Appalachian indigo-bush.
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 ...
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.
[5] [6] Several invasive plant species such as wild garlic mustard, kudzu, and multiflora rose can also cause harm by out-competing and displacing native species from the park. [7] Feral hogs are another major invasive threat to the park, as they are habitat generalists that will eat just about anything, including the roots and foliage of the ...