Is habitat restoration actually killing plants in the California wildlands?
Wednesday, January 2, 2019 - 14:20
in Biology & Nature
In 2014, plant biologists with the California Department of Agriculture reported an alarming discovery: native wildflowers and herbs, grown in nurseries and then planted in ecological restoration sites around California, were infected with Phytophthora tentaculata, a deadly exotic plant pathogen that causes root and stem rot.