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  • TerryS @TerryS Purbrook - 1y

    Extinct York groundsel re-introduced

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/27/york-groundsel-bloom-again-britain-first-ever-de-extinction-event-natural-england?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other&fbclid=IwAR3C9yg03tbqawXLOJOzQe_Go23-NDX2qKGHnzYcjOuotpAERP2L8HT__XA_aem_th_ARUNtNbuFJWRCsCQbVu_lp3jbgyszlAhaTdEyh0g-bwZJOMRUy9L8g14S7KHpNs9c2c

    Alex Prendergast has corrected the statement that York groundsel was the first de-extinction in the UK. The interrupted brome (Bromus interruptus) a flowering grass became extinct in the wild in 1972 and was reintroduced in 2004 .
    https://naturebftb.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Bromus_interruptus_LOWRES-10.02.21.pdf

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