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If you go
Spring Wildflower Walks
April 30: 2 p.m.
May 9: 3 p.m.
Small groups. Please phone
for reservations.
Bruce Jones (540) 675-3152
was to offer therri a bounty for every plant species found, with the proceeds to go to the Flora of Virginia Project. A member of the Virginia Native Plant Society, Jones is familiar with the project, which was initiated, according to its website (www. state. va. us/dcr/dnh/vaflora. ht m#project), “to prepare and publish a comprehensive manual of Virginia’s 3700+ native and naturalized plant taxa, from oaks to cattails, ferns to pines, kudzu to coneflowers.” Many other states have similar projects, but most are publicly funded, which is not the case in Virginia. Begun in 1999, volunteers and private funding have fueled the project, although it has wide support from organizations and state agencies in Virginia.
Plethora of flora
Why bother cataloging all the
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