[NV Greens] Fwd: [usgp-dx] "Extinct" Flower Found!

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>Hi:  More good news!  "Extinct" flower found not long after discovery of
>"extinct" woodpecker.  Peace.  Richard.
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>Wildflower Feared Extinct Found in Calif.
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>By JUSTIN M. NORTON, Associated Press WriterThu May 26, 8:05 AM ET
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>A flower long thought to be extinct was rediscovered in a California state
>park   more than six decades after it was last seen, scientists said
>Wednesday.
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>The pink wildflower Eriogonom truncatum, known as the Mount Diablo
>buckwheat, was found in a remote section of a Contra Costa County park
>about 30 miles east of San Francisco. The plant resembles baby's breath
>used in floral arrangements.
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>"We've been calling the Mount Diablo buckwheat the holy grail for
>botanists (in the region)," said Barbara Ertter, curator of western North
>American flora at the University of California-Berkeley's Jepson
>Herbarium.
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>The find drew comparisons to the recent discovery of the ivory-billed
>woodpecker in Arkansas. Sometimes called the Lord God bird because of the
>exclamation many people are said to utter upon seeing it, the large
>woodpecker was thought to have been extinct for decades before a kayaker
>found one in February 2004.
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>"These stories resonate with people because they show we can set back the
>clock and do it right," said Seth Adams, director of land programs for
>Save Mount Diablo.
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>The wildflower was discovered by a Berkeley graduate student pursuing a
>doctorate in integrative biology. "Once I realized that it was the Mount
>Diablo buckwheat I was in shock so I pretended it wasn't there and
>continued with my other work," said Michael Park, 35.
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>The location is being kept secret, but the dozen-plus plants were found on
>a property preserved by the conservation group Save Mount Diablo.
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Paul Etxeberri

"Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow"   ---Chateaubriand