Rare Plants Near Murfreesboro, Tennessee now Protected by State

Nashville, TN: One of only three known populations of the federally and state-listed endangered plant, Pynes ground-plum, is now protected thanks to a partnership between the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Division of Natural Heritage and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Through a $23,200 federal Recovery Land Acquisition (RLA) grant matched with $75,000 in state funding, a 15-acre tract of land near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, that contains the rare plant is now in state ownership and will be managed to help ensure the species