[PCA] NEWS: Trappings of protection (Venus' flytraps)
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Fri Jun 23 10:30:37 CDT 2006
http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060623/NEWS/606230418
Trappings of protection: Keeping illegally obtained Venus' flytraps off
the black market
By Gareth McGrath
Staff Writer
gareth.mcgrath at starnewsonline.com
Boiling Spring Lakes | Hunched on her knees in the narrow ditch, Laura
Gadd removed soil from around the base of the small plant and dabbed glue
and then orange dye onto the Venus' flytrap.
"So all the inspector has to do in the nursery is move a little dirt with
his finger to see if the plant has been marked," said the botantist with
the state's Plant Conservation Program.
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