Managing Rare Plant Populations with Fire in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Rock J. Managing Rare Plant Populations with Fire in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Gatlinburg, TN

An approved Fire Management Plan and the institution of a Fire Management Program have allowed GSMNP to restore an important natural disturbance to various natural communities as well as individual plant populations. This report documents four rare plant species that are being managed with prescribed fire: Daisy-leaved moonwort, Bittercress, Goldenseal, and Indian grass.

Type
Unpublished Report
Authors
Rock, Janet
Units
GRSM
Keywords
Botrychium matricariifolium, Cardamine flagellifera, Fire Management Plan, Fire Management Program, Hydrastis canandensis, Prescribed Fire, Rare Plant Program, Sorgastrum nutans, Streptobotrys streptothrix

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