2023-08-20 04:34
California Desert Seed Banking
FILE - Joshua Trees burn in the York Fire, Sunday, July 30, 2023, in the Mojave National Preserve, Calif. Crews battled "fire whirls" in California's Mojave National Preserve as a massive wildfire crossed into Nevada amid dangerously high temperatures and raging winds. Seeds long have been banked throughout the United States in a wide range of habitats. Initially, they were collected as a way to preserve rare and exotic plant species, but efforts now also focus on gathering from commonly-found plants that are increasingly in demand as climate change elevates the risk of wildfires and the growth of invasive species that can crowd out native vegetation.

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