Flooding is a normal and necessary part of life for many plants that grow in the floodplains and dunes of Vermont. But this years floods were more intense than usual, washing away some of Vermont's rarest plants.
“It was rather devastating to see,” Marcus said. “We don’t know how long it takes for the soil in that particular rare ecosystem to form — we don’t know how long it will take for the soil to grow back.”
The same protected site along a river, on a visit in June on the left, and a visit in August on the right, after flooding washed away much of the soil and plants in the area. Marcus had visited the site earlier this summer and had counted nearly a hundred flowering stems of sticky false asphodels at the time — one of the healthiest known populations in the state.
“When we went back, there were less than a dozen,” they said. “The other ones I guess had all been ripped out.” The same was true of the shining ladies tresses, Marcus said. “We didn’t find a single flowering or fruiting stem — we just found a few leaves that were still in the ground.”that only grows in a handful of places in the world — was also hard hit by this year's flooding.botanist Bob Popp, who’s been monitoring the plants for decades, told Vermont PublicMarcus said they’ll have to wait until next year to see the full impact of the floods — and how many plants managed to stick around.
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