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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 07:34 AM
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"Holy Grail" For Botanists Found In Park


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SAN FRANCISCO -- A California graduate student has found a wildflower that hadn't been seen in more than six decades and was believed to be extinct.

The Mount Diablo buckwheat was rediscovered in a remote section of a county park about 30 miles east of San Francisco.

A curator at the University of California-Berkeley says it's considered the "holy grail for botanists" in the region.

The pink flower resembles baby's breath used in floral arrangements.

http://www.wftv.com/news/4534179/detail.html
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 07:39 AM
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1. It's nice to hear good news
amid all the chaos.

Thanks for posting.
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efhmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 07:42 AM
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2. Nice, thanks.
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Atlas Mugged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 07:52 AM
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3. That crap????
I just spent about $50 worth of Roundup on that nasty weed!!!
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 07:53 AM
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4. and they immediately plucked it to take it back to the lab...
:evilgrin:
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bmbmd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 08:02 AM
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5. No-an ivory-billed woodpecker ate it
and choked to death on the spot...
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 08:29 AM
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6. sending up a cloud of poisonous fungispores that wipe out
the spotted owl population.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-05 08:33 AM
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7. The idea of a 'Holy Grail' for botanists
makes me giggle a little bit.

Still, it's pretty cool that they found something that was thought to be extinct.
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