Habitat
The Mohr’s Barbara Button, Marshallia mohrii, requires wet, sandy clay soils, with alkaline pH, and high organic matter. Most currently known populations occur on soils of the Conasauga-Firestone Association. (Alabama Power Company, 2007) This is typically found along shale-bedded streams, especially in seasonally moist forest gaps, and in low swales extending onto roadside rights-of-way. Mohr’s Barbara Button can survive in full sun or partial shade, often in association with grass-sedge communities. Two other endangered species have the same habitat requirements as the Mohr’s Barbara Button: The Alabama Leather-Flower and the Green Pitcher Plant are both listed as endangered, and occupy the same limited habitat. (Alabama Power Company, 2007)
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