[PCA] NEWS: Botanists fight to save rare, native plant (UT)

[Tony Frates]

Thank you Olivia for that posting.

For the same story in a different local/larger paper, see:

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,640187633,00.html

June 17, 2006 

Rare plant getting helping hands
Clay phacelia is to be planted on public lands in Utah

My understanding is that Dr. Vince Tepedino of the Dept. of 
Agriculture bee lab located at Utah State University (Logan, Utah)  
had suggested use of the blue orchard bees in order to provide 
pollination services.  We don't know whether blue orchard bees have 
ever been previously used like this to pollinate a rare plant species 
grown in captivity.

Some additional information is also on the Utah Rare Plant Guide page 
at www.utahrareplants.org and also on the Archived news page at 
www.unps.org (News section).   The clay phacelia, Phacelia 
argillacea, is on of Utah's 24 federally listed species, and is one 
of our rarest plants.


Tony Frates
Utah Native Plant Society








Date sent:      	Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:05:56 -0500 (CDT)
From:           	Olivia Kwong <plant at plantconservation.org>
To:             	native-plants at lists.plantconservation.org
Subject:        	[PCA] NEWS: Botanists fight to save rare, native plant (UT)

> Botanists fight to save rare, native plant
> CALEB WARNOCK - Daily Herald
> 
> Life is hard on these slopes.
> 
> An hour from Provo in Spanish Fork Canyon, midway up a hillside so steep a 
> rope is required to climb it, are a handful of some of the rarest plants 
> in the world, called clay phacelia. Entirely composed of flaking Green 
> River shale, the barren landscape is the only place the plants are known 
> to grow.
> 
> You can access the full article at the following url:
> http://www.heraldextra.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=183021&Itemid=0
> 
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