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Title	White-haired Goldenrod
Alternative Title	Solidago albopilosa
Contact	mailto:nctcimages@fws.gov
Creator	Barnes,Dr. Thomas G.;
Description	This yellow flower is threatened. The primary threat to the survival of white-haired goldenrod is the many visitors to rockshelters in the Red River Gorge area each year. In 1989, approximately 260,000 people visited the Red River Gorge Geological Area (Fig, personal communication, 1990). The Red River Gorge has an extensive trail system, and many of these trails pass through or near rockshelters. Damage by visitors reached a peak in the 197O's (Fig, personal communication, 1990). During this period, 75 percent of the occurrences of this species were severely damaged, and 11 occurrences (3,422 individuals) were extirpated (Varner, personal communication, 199O). One monitored occurrence declined from 415 stems to 85 stems, and another occurrence declined from 828 stems to 32 stems between the early 197O's and the mid-1980's (Varner, personal communication, 199O). The heavy use of rockshelters by hikers, campers and rock climbers results in several types of damage to individ
FWS Resource Links	Please check species status at: http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=Q21T
Subject	Flowering plants Plants Endangered and/or Threatened species
Location	Kentucky
Publisher	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributors	Dr. Thomas Barnes/Universtiy of Kentucky
Date of Original	1980
Type	Still Image
Format	JPG
Item ID	B1IMG0070.jpg
Source	NCTC Image Library
Language	English
Rights	Public Domain
Audience	General
File Size	228.135 kb
Height	415
Width	639
Color Space	RGB
Original Format	35 mm slide
Full Resolution File Size	8.00 x 10.00 inches, 300 dpi (High, print quality)
Collection	Plants and Habitats
Full resolution	Volume5\B1IMG0070.jpg http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/FullRes/natdiglib/Volume5\B1IMG0070.jpg
Date created	2006-08-11
Date modified	2015-05-19