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US Plucks Tiny Daisy from Brink of Extinction

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US Plucks Tiny Daisy from Brink of Extinction
The tiny Maguire daisy, which grows in the desert southwest of the United States, has been plucked from the edge of extinction after a 25-year conservation effort. The number of flowers had dropped to just seven known plants when it was listed as endangered in 1985, but with its population now back up to 163,000 plants in Utah, it will be removed from the endangered species list, the Interior Department said.

The tiny Maguire daisy, which grows in the desert southwest of the United States, has been plucked from the edge of extinction after a 25-year conservation effort, US officials have announced.

The minuscule member of the sunflower family had dropped to just seven known plants when it was listed as endangered in 1985, but with numbers of the daisy now back up to 163,000 plants in 10 populations in Utah, it will be removed from the endangered species list, the Interior Department said Tuesday.

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