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 with an emphasis on the Greater Red Hills Region of northern Florida and southern Georgia. 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. A great wealth of knowledge is carried by the numerous experts and enthusiasts who observe, record, study, and photograph plants and particular habitats and life history characteristics, including seed dispersal, pollinators, herbivores, response to fire, pathogens, and competitive interactions. Potential contributors include plant ecologists, entomologists, plant pathologists, horticulturalists, wildlife biologists, soil scientists, herbalists, and others with knowledge of specific plant life history characteristics.
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.
