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Overview - Restoring understory plant diversity: considerations when incorporating native forbs in restoration

Overview - Restoring understory plant diversity: considerations when incorporating native forbs in restoration

Native forbs provide important food and shelter resources for wildlife and are the component that adds species diversity to many native plant communities. This symposium provided an overview of some important aspects to consider when using native forbs in restoration and highlights recent work relevant to different phases of restoration.

ESA 2018: Emerging Topics in Native Plant Materials Workshop

ESA 2018: Emerging Topics in Native Plant Materials Workshop

Advances in plant ecology and evolutionary biology have clear applications to plant materials choices for ecosystem management that may have long-term impacts on ecosystem resilience. There is a need to balance the preservation of locally adapted genes with the desire to develop native plant materials that are genetically diverse and can respond to ecosystem changes.