Coastal Plain Plants
Coastal Plain Plants provides current knowledge about the ecology and life history of plant species in the southeastern U.S. Coastal Plain. Content is provided and updated by expert contributors in the region.
Background
Coastal Plain Plants seeks to compliment existing plant databases by providing a forum for sharing information that is not limited to published literature. While peer-reviewed books and articles compose an important body of information, a greater wealth of knowledge is carried by the numerous experts and enthusiasts who observe, record, study, and photograph plants and their associated pollinators, herbivores, pathogens, and competitors in the field. In addition to plant ecologists, contributors might include entomologists, plant pathologists, horticulturalists, wildlife biologists, soil scientists, herbalists, and others with knowledge of specific plant life history characteristics.
For almost half of the plant species in the region, there is little to no information published about their life history characteristics beyond basic physical descriptions. Coastal Plain Plants promises to provide a new source of knowledge and strong starting point for more systematic study of specific plant species in the region.
The initial list of plants for which pages have been created contain mostly native upland pine-grassland plants with little previously published information, and the next areas of emphasis will be flatwoods, scrub, and other community types maintained by fire. Contributors are welcome to add species pages as described in the Guidelines to Contributors. Consider becoming an expert contributor and help add to the knowledge of plants in the region.
