Vascular Plant Extinction in the Continental United States and Canada

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Wesley Knapp, North Carolina Natural Heritage Program Extinction rates are expected to increase during the Anthropocene. Current extinction rates of plants and many animals remain unknown. This study represents the first effort to quantify extinctions among the vascular flora of North America north of Mexico since European settlement. We compiled data on apparently extinct species […]

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