The Brief
- The Blushing Scrub Balm is an endangered mint that only grows in the Lake Marion Creek Wildlife Management Area.
- The recently refined Corridor F won’t be constructed through the plant’s habitat; however, it would go near it, which would still negatively impact the plant population, advocates say.
- FDOT will be holding upcoming public meetings to discuss the project with the public.
HAINES CITY, Fla. – The Florida Department of Transportation altered its proposed corridor plans for a tollway in northeastern Polk County; however, plant conservation advocates are still worried it would threaten a rare species’ habitat.
The backstory:
The Blushing Scrub Balm is an endangered mint that only grows in the Lake Marion Creek Wildlife Management Area in Polk County and nowhere else in the world.…