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UW Researcher Contributes to Study That Shows Plant Extinction is More Common Than Previously Realized
September 12, 2020
LARAMIE, Wyoming, Sept. 12 (TNSJou) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release:

A University of Wyoming researcher contributed to a paper that revealed extinction of plants in North America is more common than previously known.

The new study reveals that 65 plant species -- including the Yellowstone rockcress or Boechera fructicosa in Wyoming -- have apparently gone extinct in the continental United States and Canada since European settlement.
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