Southeastern Virginia is characterized by a fire-dependent flora which has suffered significant degradation due to fire suppression, drainage of wetlands, and farm and timber practices.  Several plant species have been extirpated while only a few populations are extant for a number of others.  Botanical investigations of a fire-maintained quail plantation in south Georgia resulted in the discovery of healthy populations of several rare plant species which are experiencing serious population declines in surrounding regions.  These results indicate that existing quail management practices in south Georgia may be consistent with preservation of rare and endangered plant species.  Losses of bobwhite quail populations in Virginia have resulted in the Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries producing a management plan which advocates increased use of prescribed burns to restore quail habitat.  We recommend the establishment of a pilot quail plantation in southern Virginia based on the Georgia model and the reintroduction of historical, extirpated or rare plant species.  We suggest that quail plantations may serve as financially self-supporting biopreserves for both quail and Virginia’s fire-dependent flora.