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Rapid Evolution in Crepis
Researchers from the Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE) in Montpellier, France have observed rapid evolution in a population of Crepis sancta in response to the urban environment.
Cleaning Up Toxic Waste With Plants
“Phytoremediation is basically a solar-powered pollutant-removal system.”
WWF: New Species Found in Vietnam
Five orchids among eleven new species of plants and animals discovered in Vietnam's Green Corridor (via the World Wide Fund for Nature / World Wildlife Fund)
New Plant Family: The Simulcraceae
Includes the genera Plasticus, Paraffinius and Silicus. Via Scientific American's Antigravity.
Plants Recognize Siblings
Plants growing near strangers observed to develop higher root mass compared to plants growing near siblings.
Drought Affecting Kings Park and Botanic Garden
Ten to twelve percent death rate in sheoaks, banksias and some eucalypts.
Three Gorges Botanical Garden Closes
Plants rescued from flooding caused by the Three Gorges Dam face another trial.