What Was Once Lost – Rediscovering "extinct" Southeastern wildflowers

What Was Once Lost – Rediscovering Southeastern wildflowers once thought extinct

The Southeastern United States is a treasure trove of floral biodiversity, and there is still much to be discovered about the area. Over the past several years, my research students, research partners, and I have rediscovered several species of plants long thought to be gone forever. In addition, we have found many species of native plants previously unknown to science. We are studying several of these, and nearly ready to publish descriptions of others. The Southeast, long thought to have been thoroughly explored and described, still has mysteries to be uncovered.

Bio:

Tom Diggs has been a Professor of Biology at the University of North Georgia (UNG) since 2014. He received a B.S. in Biology from Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) in 1996. He earned an M.S. in Bioeography from the University of Alabama (1998) and his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in 2013. He has taught several classes at UNG, including General Botany, Plant Physiology, Plant and Animal Interactions, Mycology, and Identification of Vascular Flora, as well as several nonmajors’ plant biology courses. He is broadly interested in the native plant biodiversity of the southeastern United States, he specializes in the ecology and diversity of rock outcrops and glades.

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