Ep. 437 - Save the Shoal Lily

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Botany, Natural Sciences, Ecology, Nature, Plants, Science

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🗓️ 3 September 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The shoal lily (Hymenocallis coronaria) is a truly special plant. It is found in only a few rivers throughout southeastern North America where it will only grow in rocky shoals. It makes its living by wedging its bulb and contractile roots into rock crevices where clean, swift moving water washes over submerged bedrock. Sadly, wanton destruction of its freshwater habitats have caused severe decline in shoal lily numbers. Natalie Downy and her team at Chattahoochee River Conservancy are trying to reverse this decline in Georgia. Join us as we learn what it takes to get this amazing plant back into the Chattahoochee River. This episode was produced in part by Sea, Shannon, Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants Podcast, the official podcast of
0:03.9	InFensivePlants.com.
0:05.6	What's up, this is your host Matt, welcome to the show.
0:07.6	How is everyone doing this week?
0:09.4	I hope you brought your bathing suits because today we're getting in the water.
0:13.6	We are joined by Natalie Downey of the Chattahoochi River Conservancy and she is here to talk
0:18.0	to us about their restoration efforts for the Shoals spider lily or the Shoal lily or
0:23.2	the Kahaba lily.
0:24.2	It's got a lot of names depending on where you're at, but I noticed Hymenicalis Coronaria
0:28.4	and it is an incredible species with a really interesting ecology, but unfortunately not
0:34.1	doing so hot.
0:35.2	Our mistreatment of freshwater systems in the southeast has led to severe population declines
0:40.3	for the species, but thanks to the work of the Chattahoochi River Conservancy, their volunteers
0:45.3	and a lot of their collaborators, people are doing what they can to get the species back
0:49.6	on the landscape.
0:50.6	I'm going to let Natalie tell you all about the species and their efforts for restoring
0:54.6	it.
0:55.6	It's incredible work, but before we get to that, I just want to say this show doesn't
0:58.3	happen without support and there's a lot of great ways to do that.
1:01.7	One of which is picking up a copy of my book.
1:04.5	Just turn on over to indefensiveplants.com, slash podcast and click on the link in the
1:08.8	show notes and it'll bring you right to where you need to go to buy it.
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