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Forest fire kills off 26% of endemic ‘Old George’

Forest fire kills off 26% of endemic ‘Old George’

| 11/05/2021 | 28 Comments

(CNS): More than a quarter of the endemic and critically endangered ‘Old George’ (Wittmackia caymanensis), a type of bromeliad plant, was destroyed in the March brush fire at the Ironwood Forest in George Town, the Department of Environment has revealed. Writing in the latest edition of the department’s bi-monthly magazine, Flicker, Jane Haakonsson, the editor […]

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