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    A closeup of the tip of prairie false oat.
    Photo credit: Margie Mulligan
    (link opens in new windowCC BY-NC 4.0) link opens in new windowvia iNaturalist

    Earlier this year, a grass species thought to be extinct was rediscovered. Prairie false oat (Sphenopholis interrupta ssp. californica) was previously only known from two locations in Baja California, Mexico from the 1880s. It was rediscovered near Carlsbad, California by Jessie Vinje (with the Conservation Biology Institute) and Margie Mulligan (with the San Diego Natural History Museum) while doing population monitoring for San Diego thorn-mint (Acanthomintha ilicifolia). See link opens in new windowthis news article from the Conservation Biology Institute for additional information about this exciting discovery!

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