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July 15, 2017

Native plants in the news on the NPCC website

We regularly collect news articles from across the country and the world that highlight fun, interesting, and/or important stories about native plants.

One story filled with pictures and fun comes from Texas:

Bluebonnets in Bloom is a series of pictures of people enjoying a native blue bonnet field.

Another story all the way from Australia is about an extinct native getting a second chance:

After facing extinction due to extensive grazing, botanist are working together to bring back the Mountain Swainson-pea

We collect News and Ideas About Native Plant Science and Conservation from Around the World

If you know of items for Native Plants in the News, please let us know.

For more stories like these go to our Native Plants in the News page

Here are some more from recent months:

From July 2017

Native plant varieties favoured over eucalyptus - The Hindu

From June 2017

Southerners Were Paid to Plant Kudzu - The Andalusia Star News

Audubon gives native plant recommendations to attract pollinators - Total Landscape Care

Echinacea - Greenville, SC News

From May 2017

Marin Master Gardener: Efforts to preserve Marin’s rare native plants - Marin IJ

Rocky Mountain National Park greenhouse is seeing better outcomes for plants like Oregon grape and chokecherry when they are planted from Bear Scat - Cool Green Science

Why It’s Time to Stop Punishing Our Soils with Fertilizers - Yale E360

The Million Orchid Project - Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

 

Thank you,

Iris Feldman

Social Media and Outreach Coordinator

Native Plant Conservation Camaign

(415) 314-9146

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