[PCA] NEWS: Catch-22 for Florida's wild cotton
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Tue Mar 17 10:05:59 CDT 2009
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/home/gardening/story/945383.html
Catch-22 for Florida's wild cotton
BY GEORGIA TASKER
gtasker at MiamiHerald.com
First, South Florida's native wild cotton was eradicated.
Then, by virtue of so much eradication, it was endangered.
Now the Miami-Dade chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society is sending
out the word: Because of worries that the pink bollworm will spread from
the Everglades to domestic cotton fields, the beleaguered wild cotton must
not be cultivated anywhere in Florida. But because it is on the state's
endangered plant list, it can't be removed and must not be collected
without state permits.
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