The SE PCA is collaborating with NatureServe, Terwilliger Consulting Inc, the Atlanta Botanical Garden, and the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, with funding from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, to develop the nation’s first RSGCN for plants. State and regional experts will work together to create the SE Plants RSGCN based on information regarding distribution, status, threats, and conservation needs. This list will promote long-term conservation goals of imperiled Southeastern plant species.
40% of plant species extirpated in the US since European settlement have been from the Southeast
13 Southeastern US states include Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia
SE Plants RSGCN will directly enhance data, consistency, capacity, and awareness for plant conservation
Data will support state applications and projects for funding under the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
The below graphic represents the standard processes of updating species information (left) and the associated RSGCN list update process (right). These two processes work in tandem to ensure up-to-date species information is available for local, state, and national conservation efforts.