Threatened plants face drought stress in coastal plain
Bunched beaksedge, a threatened sedge, was observed September 5 in Virginia, along with threatened longleaf pine and , a pine-parasitic annual.1 These species are documented in the rolling coastal plain's mesic and seasonally wet habitats, where the current D2 drought may stress populations dependent on adequate soil moisture for growth and reproduction.1
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