New endangered San Mateo thornmint colonies seeded at Edgewood Natural Preserve

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On December 4, 2015, Creekside staff and Edgewood volunteers seeded three additional colonies of federal- and state-endangered San Mateo thornmint at Edgewood Natural Preserve. These additional colonies are key to preventing extinction of this annual forb which exists in the wild only at one additional colony at Edgewood. Funding for this project has been generously provided by the Friends of Edgewood.

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By January 8, 2016, all 80 square meter plots had some germinated thornmint in them.

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