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Thursday, October 1, 2020

Plants at Risk of Extinction, New Report Finds

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One of several species at risk in Canada, the small white lady's slipper, (Cypripedium candidum). Photo by Mason Brock.

A grim new assessment of the world's flora and fungi has found that two-fifths of its species are at risk of extinction as humans encroach on the natural world. Details here.
     



























          
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