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Species Discoveries in Virginia

Species Discoveries in Virginia NatureServe Network's Virginia Natural Heritage Program Celebrates 30 Years of Championing Biodiversity Facebook   Twitter   Google Plus   LinkedIn   Top Left : Bethel Beach Natural Area Preserve in Mathews County, VA, provides habitat for the northeastern beach tiger beetle | Image Courtesy of Zach Bradford, VA DCR, Inset: Northeastern beach tiger beetle (Cicindela dorsalis dorsalis), NatureServe Status: Imperiled (T2) | Image Courtesy of USFWS. Bottom Left: VA NHP recently discovered new populations of Swamp Pink (Helonias bullata) NatureServe Status: Vulnerable (G3)|Image Courtesy of Paul Stein. Right: VA NHP Program Director, Jason Bulluck                            A lot of great science has happened in the past 30 years at the  Virginia Natural Heritage Program  (VA NHP). Take for example, their recent discovery of new populations of a rare flower, swamp-pink ( Helonias bullata ). This bright pink wet