Trilliums of North America-new publication highlights the conservation status of our most iconic spring flowering genus
Snow Trillium (Trillum nivale) @Littlefield
Check out this new publication about Trilliums of North America! The report, “The Conservation Status of Trillium in North America,” presents the analysis of 53 plant taxa using two different methodologies. Authors found that habitat loss, overpopulation of white-tailed deer, and habitat disturbance caused by feral pigs are the primary threats to North American Trillium. Every trillium that occurs in North America is included in this publication.
Trillium reaches its peak diversity in the southern Appalachians. BONAP Nodding Trillium (Trillium flexipes). @Littlefield.Great White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum). @Littlefield.Yellow Trillium (Trillium luteum). @Littlefield.Stinking Benjamin (Trillium erectum). @Littlefield.Authors of the new Trillium publication. IUCN_Natureserve North American Trillium assessment team 2019-2021. KNPS board member Tara Littlefield is one of the coauthors. From L to R: Robert Raguso, Leah Oliver, Anna Walker, Clayton Meridith, Amy Highland, Tara Littlefield, Wes Knapp, Anne Frances, LL Gaddy, Danna Leaman, Aaron Floden, Kjirsten Wayman, Ed Schilling and Alfred Schotz.
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