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Article: Battlefield harbors a rare Tennessee plant.(Pyne's ground-plum)
- Article from:
- Endangered Species Bulletin
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
- Author:
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Pyne's ground-plum (Astragalus bibullatus) is a rare wildflower endemic to limestone cedar glades in the Central Basin of Tennessee. Last year, this species took a step toward recovery with the establishment of a new population at Stones River National Battlefield in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Seedlings were transplanted into suitable habitat within the Civil War battlefield in the spring and fall of 2001. The project was made possible by a partnership among the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Missouri Botanical Garden, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service.
Although the first collections of the ground-plum likely took place ...