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| Wildflower Thought Extinct Found in Calif. State Park |
| 2005-05-26 |
| I find it interesting how many ecological disasters are turning out not to be, after all. Global warming/cooling, global overpopulation decades behind schedule and likely to peak at half projected levels, extinct species that either aren't or only are in a certain location, wolf and bear populations increasing so that they drift back into their old ranges. And Fred has a good feeling about the progress of the war on terror on the Opinion page. EFL A flower long thought to be extinct was rediscovered in a California state park - more than six decades after it was last seen, scientists said Wednesday. The pink wildflower Eriogonom truncatum, known as the Mount Diablo buckwheat, was found in a remote section of a Contra Costa County park about 30 miles east of San Francisco. The plant resembles baby's breath used in floral arrangements. The location is being kept secret, but the dozen-plus plants were found on a property preserved by the conservation group Save Mount Diablo. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #12 Disposing of stray cats and dogs was sop where I grew up in MI for those same reasons phil. |
| Posted by: Chase Unineger3873 aka Jarhead 2005-05-26 20:35 |
| #11 ...pink tank w/ pink condom. >:] |
| Posted by: fidel Castro st. 2005-05-26 17:09 |
| #10 I bet it was pulling a pink tank, right? |
| Posted by: .com 2005-05-26 16:24 |
| #9 Yeah, Ship, it was a pink Woolly Mammoth in San Fran. At some "protest rally" methinks, yeah, that's the ticket! |
| Posted by: BA 2005-05-26 15:04 |
| #8 No. A good American like yourself. /BA |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-05-26 09:59 |
| #7 BA - was it pink? |
| Posted by: Spot 2005-05-26 08:48 |
| #6 I saw a woolly mammoth the other day, does that count? |
| Posted by: BA 2005-05-26 08:04 |
| #5 Grunter is right. Over the last 100 to 150 years the bulk of the loses have been localized or island variants of species that survive elsewhere. The main exception is here in Australia where feral animals have devastated native animals under 5 kilos and cats (along with foxes and cane toads) are the main cause. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-05-26 05:04 |
| #4 As long as you don't end up in his collection... |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-05-26 02:17 |
| #3 I imagine an elephant gun would work for saber-toothed tigers, too. And what a pretty thing to add to your collection! |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-05-26 01:48 |
| #2 I hope Saber-Toothed Tigers STAY extinct....sure hate to wrestle one of those on the trail. |
| Posted by: Minni Mullah 2005-05-26 01:07 |
| #1 I bought a book a good few years ago on extinct birds. On the cover was the ivory billed woodpecker and the pink headed duck (from Bangla Desh). Both have turned up alive and pecking or quacking (respectively) in the last year. At this rate, I still have hopes for the dodo. On the subject of extinct plants, one of the big mysteries was the ancestry of wheat. It is a hybrid of several plants, but a crucial one was unknown, presumed extinct. An Israeli botanist finally found it growing on a vacant lot on the grounds of his University. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2005-05-26 00:39 |