Deer, at least here in Georgia, are decimating the herbaceous layer in our
forests. Even in my relatively short lifetime, I've seen Trillium
populations decline precipitously. A place near my mom's house, located on
National Forest land once had hundreds of blooming T. cuneatum, but now is
only a scattered remnant of what it was. And I've heard similar accounts
from others from different parts of the state, especially in the Piedmont
and upper Coastal Plain. While the declines could be attributed to other
factors, I suspect deer, armadillos, and hogs to be the primary culprits
(in that order).

This is the elephant in the room that no one seems to want to talk about.
Hunters aren't the solution because they seem to be on a mission to kill
cayotes, the only real predator we have here in Ga.
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