APES Part 2: Post 4

A vegetation species thought to be extinct for 60+ years was spotted in 2009 off the side of a Californian road. The plant called Franciscan manzanita has been tested to prove its authenticity and it is confirmed that it is indeed the long lost plant. This year, the plant was put on the endangered species list. The government spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to carefully move the plant to the Presidio of San Francisco, national park. The plant is over 50 years old, healthy, and can only grow in the San Fransisco peninsula. So plans are being made to give 318 acres of federal and state parkland in San Francisco as a habitat for the shrub.


http://articles.cnn.com/2012-09-05/us/us_california-endangered-plant_1_wild-equity-institute-sarah-swenty-manzanita