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During its period of growth, the checkerspot butterfly will search for a host plant for nourishment. Its native larval host is the white turtle head (Chelone glabra), but it has also to some extent made use of the introduced lawn weed English plantain (Plantago lanceolata) [5] and other plants.
[1] [2] [3] Much of the area of Soldiers Delight contains a serpentine barren that contains a number of rare and endangered species of plants. [4] [5] The following list of herbaceous plants is based greatly on the work of Ed Uebel [6] and comes from the publications by Fleming et al. 1995, [7] Monteferrante 1973, [8] Reed 1984, [9] Wennerstrom ...
The Soldiers Delight Natural Environmental Area is located in western Baltimore County, Maryland. [1] Much of the area of the Soldiers Delight NEA, which totals 1,900 acres (7.7 km 2) of protected land, contains a serpentine barren that contains a number of rare and endangered species of plants.
The program helps state and local to identify important areas that need immediate attention; The program is based on a “willing seller and willing buyer” concept; When conservation easements are used the land remains privately owned; FLP consists of protection tools such as full-fee purchase, voluntary deed restriction, and agreements [17]
The main focus is in the western Maryland counties due to the reports of CWD in West Virginia and Virginia (Communications, 2011). [4] The DNR is also responsible for regulating the 3 million acres (12,000 km 2) of wooded land in Maryland. There are over 160 species of trees that help create these millions of acres of forest.
Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) invasion of a forest in Greenbelt, Maryland. Numerous non-native plants have been introduced to Maryland in the United States and many of them have become invasive species. The following is a list of some non-native invasive plant species established in Maryland.
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Gaylussacia brachycera, commonly known as box huckleberry or box-leaved whortleberry, is a low North American shrub related to the blueberry and the other huckleberries.It is native to the east-central United States (Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee).