SCIENCEGUARDIAN US
This US island is home to flora found nowhere else. Now, a wildfire threatens extinction: ‘watching with trepidation’
A wildfire on Santa Rosa Island threatens the survival of its unique Torrey pine trees and six endemic plant species, with firefighters working to contain the blaze that has already burned a third of the island.
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