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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>December 5, 2018<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The Native Plant Conservation Campaign’s Native Plants In The News page continues to post exciting information and developments in native plant science, conservation and enjoyment from around the country and around the world.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We chronicle these initiatives in the <a href="https://plantsocieties.cnps.org/index.php/initiatives-main/plants-in-the-news" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window">Native Plants in the News</a> section of the <a href="https://plantsocieties.cnps.org/index.php" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window">NPCC website</a>. Recent examples include:<o:p></o:p></p></div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><a href="https://www.botany.one/2018/10/orchid-seeks-the-most-passionate-pollinators/" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window">Orchid seeks the most passionate pollinators - Botany One</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/science/fruit-color-evolution.html" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window">Plants Can’t Talk. But Some Fruits Say ‘Eat Me’ to Animals. - New York Times</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><a href="https://e360.yale.edu/features/extreme-botany-the-precarious-science-of-saving-rare-endangered-plants">Extreme Botany: The Precarious Science of Endangered Rare Plants - Yale Environment 360</a><o:p></o:p></li></ul><div><p class=MsoNormal>Other topics addressed in Native Plants In The News include initiatives to <o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:1.0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Fight Plant Blindness, <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:1.0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Create and restore native plant communities, <o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:2.5in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>protect imperiled plants <o:p></o:p></li></ul><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:3.5in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>establish local weeks and months to celebrate native plants<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:3.5in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>native plants in schools<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal>and more!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>We hope you enjoy these articles and that they are useful.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Emily B. Roberson, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://plantsocieties.cnps.org/">Native Plant Conservation Campaign</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>415 531 4439<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:emilyr@plantsocieties.org">emilyr@</a><a href="mailto:emilyr@plantsocieties.org">plantsocieties.org</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The mission of the Native Plant Conservation Campaign is to promote the conservation of native plants and their habitats through collaboration, research, education, and advocacy.</span></em><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><a href="http://signup.ymlpsend2.net/xghwwhjjgmgb">Sign up for NPCC News</a>! </b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/plantsocieties"><b>Like us on Facebook!</b></a> <b><a href="http://plantsocieties.cnps.org/index.php/action-main/donate-to-campaign">Donate</a>!</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Please forward this message to any interested individuals or organizations. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=1 width="50%" noshade style='color:black' align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 style='width:.0119in;height:.0119in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D48C86.0AFD8480" alt="Image removed by sender. 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