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Center for Biological Diversity: Newly Discovered Wetland Flower in North Carolina Already Extinct
June 26, 2020
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release:

Scientists in North Carolina have determined that a species of riverbank wildflower conservationists have fought to protect since 2010 is actually two separate species -- and the "new" flower has been extinct for a century. This marks the 53rd plant known to be lost to extinction in the United States and Canada.

The Center for Biological Diversity and allies petitione . . .

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