Grace Glynn, a botanist with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, looks at a false mermaid-weed specimen, part of a newly discovered population in Addison County. The plant was previously thought ...

“Are you sitting down?” Vermont’s state botanist asked a fellow plant expert after spotting false mermaid-weed last month. By Jenna Russell For those who rarely search for anything beyond a misplaced ...

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department has rediscovered a plant that hasn't been recorded in the state for more than a hundred years. False mermaid-weed is a small spring ephemeral found along river ...