A lot of care is hold to endangered species . Most of that attention is focused on brute , but there are just as many plants that are critically expose , if not more . Those industrial plant traverse the earth and consist of blossom , vine , shrub , Tree , herbaceous plant and more . Some plants appear similar to their common congenator , while others are singular . In the interest of ecological diverseness , campaign are being made to save these and other endangered plants .
Western Prairie Fringed Orchid
The western prairie fringed orchid ( Platanthera praeclara ) exists only in five Midwestern Department of State of the U.S. The Endangered Species Coalition estimates that there are 172 population of this industrial plant , only four of which have more than 1,000 plant life . It is a wetland plant that grow in areas fuck as " prairie potholes , " indentations left by glacier body process in the most late shabu age , about 20,000 years ago . The major lawsuit of the decline of this plant are considered development of their habitat , overgrazing , fire and spheric heating .
Rafflesia Flower
The Rafflesia Flower ( Rafflesia arnoldii ) is think to be the largest heyday on the planet . The flower , which lacks a stem , leave or even a base arrangement , has a pungent odor reminiscent of rotting flesh . It grows to an astounding 3 feet in diam and weight as much as 24 pounds . A parasitic plant life that grows only on the Tetrastigma vine , the Rafflesia is aboriginal only to the forests of Borneo and Sumatra . It is unclear how many of these plant exist in the state of nature .
Georgia Aster
The Georgia Aster ( Symphyotrichum georgianum ) is native to the southeastern United States . primitively grown in only a few belittled pockets , there are an estimated 60 population of this plant in existence due to the development of their lifelike habitats , according to NatureServe.org , a nonprofit conservation organization .
Wiggin’s Acalypha
Wiggin ’s Acalpypha ( Acalypha wigginsii ) is aboriginal to only one small part of the Galapagos Islands . Construction and loss of their home ground has led those herbaceous plants to dwindle away in number . They are weigh critically imperil , according to the Galapagos Conservation Trust .
Texas Wild Rice
With just about 140 thumping of this plant leave behind , things seem grim for Texas Wild Rice ( Zizania texana ) . Endemic only to the brisk water of the San Marcos River , this plant is threatened by low weewee stratum in the river because of nearby Spring Lake dam , allot to the Center for Plant Conservation .
Howell’s Spectacular Thelypody
Howell ’s Spectacular Thelypody ( Thelypodium howellii ssp . spectabilis ) has only five existing populations left in the worldly concern , all of which are on secret land in northeastern Oregon . As of 1999 , only 30,000 industrial plant stay , dwindle down each year due to excessive mowing of the grassy sphere that this biennial plant call their home , concord to the Center for Plant Conservation .
Stenogyne kanehoana
A plant that was thought to be nonextant until the emersion of one plant in 2000 , Stenogyne kanehoana is found only in the Waianae Mountains of Oahu , Hawaii . It is a rise vine of the mint kinsfolk with dense , hairy leaf . As of 2001 , cuttings of the plant were grown with some success in captivity at the Lyon Arboretum , according to the Center for Plant Conservation .
Ouachita Mountain Goldenrod
Solidago ouachitensis , or Ouachita Mountain Goldenrod , is find in only three counties on the Arkansas and Oklahoma border . The accurate surviving number of these plant is unidentified , but they are thought to be leftover from the last ice eld , preferring to produce only in the cool , moist ridges of the Ouachita Mountains .
Enrubio
The population of enrubio ( Solanum drymophilum ) add up a bare 150 case-by-case plants when appraise in 1992 . autochthonous to Puerto Rico , this miniscule shrub with sharp thorn is under unmediated scourge of being ravage due to concerns that it is harmful to grazing farm animals .
Arizona Agave
Less than 100 Arizona Agave industrial plant , Agave arizonica , exist when they were surveyed in 1984 . That number has not changed significantly since then . Only two populations exist , both in Tonto National Forest of Arizona . Within that timber , the New River Mountains and the Sierra Ancha Mountains are considered the only habitats of this rare agave , grant to the Center for Plant Conservation .
