The Vascular Flora of Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge and False Cape State Park, Virginia
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Abstract
The vascular flora of Bay National Wildlife Refuge consists of 602 species within 343 genera and 123 families. Of these 519 are native (86%) while 83 are not native to the region. Thirty two species are listed as rare or endangered in Virginia including two small populations of Bartonia verna at False Cape State Park found nowhere else in the state. Several species with southern affinities reach their northern range limit on the Back Bay region, whereas only two northern taxa, Hudsonia tomentosa and Myrica pensylvania are near their southern limit. Non-native varieties of Phragmites australis are a major component of the natural vegetation and pose a threat to native taxa. Each taxonomic entry in the checklist is accompanied by an annotation which includes the locality and habitat in which each taxon occurs, frequence of occurrence, range extensions, rarity status, and pertinent synonyms.
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STALTER, Richard; LAMONT, Eric E..
The Vascular Flora of Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge and False Cape State Park, Virginia.
International Biology Review, [S.l.], n. 3, june 2016.
ISSN 2572-7168.
Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/ibr/article/view/437>. Date accessed: 19 apr. 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/ibr.v0i3.437.
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flora, distribution, biodiversity, Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge, False Cape State Park, Virginia.
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