Saving the Wild South: The Fight for Native Plants on the Brink of Extinction

Author/Contributor(s):	Eubanks, Georgann
Publisher:	University of North Carolina Press
Date:	10/19/2021
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

"From the Miccosukee gooseberry to the Florida torreya, the twelve plants starring in The wild South are native to the American South, a place known for its astonishingly rich biodiversity. Georgann Eubanks treks across the region, from Alabama to North Carolina, reporting on their wondrous biology. But these plants are in dire trouble-each one is struggling to survive against the effects of global climate change and disruptive development. Ten of them have already been granted federally endangered status"--