Persistent Trillium (Trillium persistens) Recovery Plan

摘要

The persistent trillium (Trillium persistens) is restricted to the Tallulah-Tugallo River system in, Rabun, Habersham, and Stephens Counties, Georgia, and Oconee County, South Carolina. The species is very restricted in distribution, as indicated by the fact that the maximum distance between any of the four populations is 5.3 miles. Persistent trillium was among the 1,738 plant species proposed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS) (1976). It was listed officially as a nationally endangered species on April 26, 1978 (FWS). The species was listed because of its very restricted distribution and potential threats from development and lumbering operations. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources lists persistent trillium as endangered in its official list of 'Georgia's Protected Plants' (McCollum and Ettman, 1977), and the species is listed as 'of national concern endangered' by the South Advisory Committee on Endangered, Threatened, and Rare Plants (Rayner et a., 1979)