Courtesy of Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Zach Bradford with the Virginia Natural Heritage Program collects pollen from male pondspice (Litsea aestivalis) at Antioch Pines Natural Area Preserve. (Courtesy of Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation)
The small pondspice population in the Grafton Ponds preserve is one of only three known communities in Virginia. The others exist at Antioch Pines Natural Area Preserve, also managed by DCR, and on private land, both in Isle of Wight County.
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