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Humans are driving a rare Texas plant that serves as an important food source for bees and butterflies "to the edge of extinction"

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CBS News

Publication Date
2022-02-15

Prostrate milkweed, a rare plant native to Texas and northeastern Mexico, is part of an import support system for bees and monarch butterflies. But now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering naming the plant an endangered species as humans destroy their critical habitats.

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prostrate-milkweed-endangered-species-proposal/