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Proposal to list endangered plants faces federal review
The article notes the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 spurring review of plant life. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department coordinates, with Smithsonian findings and Riskind from P&WD citing about 3,187 candidate species and 1,700+ plants proposed as endangered or threatened. Hawaii and Florida lead in diversity, Texas with about ten percent of flora rare.
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Austin
Texas
Governor's Planning Council
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Smithsonian Institution
Federal Register
Smithsonian
Fish and Wildlife Service of
Department of the Interior
United States
Hawaii
Florida
California
David Riskind
P&wd
Riskind
University of Texas
FWS/ LE
Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Department of the Interior