Botanists Dream

[Teegate]

All the amature and true botanists need to read this.


A flowering California shrub thought to be extinct in the wild for almost seven decades was added to the federal endangered species list Wednesday after a sharp-eyed biologist spotted the plant on a highway median while driving off the Golden Gate Bridge.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/05/us/california-endangered-plant/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1

 

[Gibby]

Hawk eyed! I have made several of my own discoveries looking out the window and at the side of the road. Did I just see what I thought I did?! I found several orchids and snakes after breaking hard and backing up a road.

 

[manumuskin]

All the amature and true botanists need to read this.


A flowering California shrub thought to be extinct in the wild for almost seven decades was added to the federal endangered species list Wednesday after a sharp-eyed biologist spotted the plant on a highway median while driving off the Golden Gate Bridge.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/05/us/california-endangered-plant/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1

Perhaps they could bulldoze Castro street and environs to make habitat for this plant?