CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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Geum radiatum
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Geum radiatum is Not Sponsored |
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custodian for this plant in the CPC National Collection of Endangered
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Spreading avens is a rare endemic found on a few mountaintops in the Southern Appalachians. This species has received a great deal of attention over the past few decades from government organizations and conservationists who have called attention to the problems facing its continued survival. Several of the remaining populations are managed on public land now and one of the privately owned populations is on Nature Conservancy land and is partially protected. This plant produces bright yellow flowers from June to September and the potential to be cultivated for ornamental use. Unfortunately it has also been collected from the wild at least twice which further endangers this species. Another potential threat is that the coniferous forests that are adjacent to the cliffs where this species is found are dying from the combined effect of an exotic weevil infestation and air pollution. No one knows how this will impact the rare species in these areas.
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References |
Chester, E.W.; Wofford, B.E.; Kral, R.; DeSelm, H.R.; Evans, A.M. 1993. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants. Clarksville, Tennessee: Austin Peay State University. |
Cooper, J.E.; Robinson, S.S.; Funderburg, J.B. 1977. Endangered and threatened plants and animals of North Carolina. Raleigh, NC.: North Carolina State Museum Natural History. 444p. |
Radford, A.E.; Ahles, H.E.; Bell, C.R. 1968. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press. 1183p. |
Hamrick, J.L.; Godt, M.J.W. 1996. Conservation genetics of endemic plant species. In: Avise, J.C.; Hamrick, J. L., editors. Conservation Genetics. Case Histories From Nature. Chapman and Hall. New York, NY. p 281-304. |
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the U.S., Canada, and Greenland. In: Kartesz, J.T.; Meacham, C.A., editors. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden. Chapel Hill, NC. |
(2002). NC-ES Plant profiles. [Web pages] North Carolina Ecological Services--U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services--Southeast Region 4. http://nc-es.fws.gov/plant/plant.html. Accessed: 2002. |
(2002). New York Botanical Garden--The Virtual Herbarium. [Searchable Web site] New York Botanical Garden. Fordham Road Bronx, New York. http://scisun.nybg.org:8890/searchdb/owa/wwwspecimen.searchform. Accessed: 2002. |
USFWS. (1990). Endangered and Threatened Species Accounts. [Web page] U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Endangered Species. http://ecos.fws.gov/servlet/TESSSpeciesQuery. Accessed: 2002. |
Allen, W.H. 1995. The Reintroduction Myth: Trying to save endangered plants by transplanting them fails as often as it succeeds. American Horticulturist. 33-37. |
Brackley, F.E.; Burger, J.F. 1980. Occurence of two anthophilous diptera in Geum radiatum (Rosacιe) in north Carolina. Entomological News. 91, 4: 110-112. |
Godt, M.J.W.; Johnson, B.R.; Hamrick, J.L. 1996. Genetic diversity and population size in four rare southern Appalachian plant species. Conservation Biology. 10, 3: 796-805. |
Johnson, B.R. In Prep. Population status, threats and management for Geum radiatum. |
Paterson, I.G.; Snyder, M. 1999. Genetic evidence supporting the taxonomy of Geum peckii (Rosaceae) and G. radiatum as separate species. Rhodora. 101, 908: 325-340. |
USFWS. 1976. Proposed Endangered Status for 1700 U.S. Plants. Federal Register. 41: 24523-24572. |
USFWS. 1989. Proposed Endangered Status for Geum radiatum and Hedyotis purpurea var. montana. Federal Register. 54, 139: 30572-30576. |
USFWS. 1990. Determination of Endangered Status for Geum radiatum and Hedyotis purpurea var. montana. Federal Register. 55, 66: 12793-12797. |
Wiser, S.K.; Peet, R.K.; White, P.S. 1998. Prediction of rare-plant occurrence: A southern Appalachian example. Ecological Applications. 8, 4: 909-920. |
Kral, R. 1983. A report on some rare, threatened, of endangered forest-related vascular plants of the south. Atlanta, GA: USDA Forest Service, Southeast Region. Technical Publication R8-TP2. |
Morgan, S.W. 1980. Species General Information System: Species, Population, Habitat, and Threat Inventory--Species Status Summary for Geum radiatum Michaux. p.49. |
NCA. 1996. Annual Report for the Center for Plant Conservation Taxa in the National Collection. The North Carolina Arboretum. p.5. |
Rock, J.F. 1997. Restoration of federally listed Geum radiatum (Rosaceae) and its habitat. Gatlinburg, TN: Great Smoky Mountains National Park. |
Sutter, R.D.; Frantz, V.; McCarthy, K.A. 1987. Atlas of rare and endangered plant species in North Carolina. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Dept. Agriculture, Plant Protection Section, Conservation Program. p.174. |
USFWS. 1993. Spreading Avens Recovery Plan. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. p.32. Author: Murdock, Nora A. |
Medford, D. 2001. The Detection of Morphological Variation Across Time in Two Roan Mountain Endemics: Geum radiatum and Houstonia montana. [M.S. Thesis]: East Tennessee State University. Johnson City. |
| This profile was updated on 3/4/2010 |