Subject: Fringed Gentian

From: [email-masked] (Eleanor "Sam" Saulys)
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 11:02:50

A general question: when you come across a flower that is listed as 
endangered, what do you do to ensure its survival?

This weekend, I spotted a fringed gentian and a foot away, another. Those were 
the sole specimens in the area and were growing at the edge of a ditch on 
water company property. It appeared that the water company was filling in the 
drainage ditch with crushed rock, and the next fill will cover the gentian.

What should I do? Gather the plant flower and pray for seed? Transplant the 
thing to the drainage area opposite where I found it that's not threatened to 
be filled in? Forget it because the plant's not as uncommon as I think?

Thanks!

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From: [email-masked] (Don Galloway)
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 18:34:51 GMT

> endangered, what do you do to ensure its survival?
Contact your state Natural Herritage Program and report the incidence. 
They may already know about it, and they will surely know what action to
take.  In some states, they are the action agency.

It probably isn't as uncommon as you think.  Depends on where you are, and
what kind of soil prevails in your region.