Volunteers have grown more than 1,000 tower mustard plants and planted them across London, where the native wildflower had survived at only two sites. The Citizen Zoo and Habitats & Heritage project uses seed from remaining populations to restore pollinator habitat and test a community conservation model.
(c) Ellie Burgin

Voluntarios replantan una flor silvestre rara en Londres

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Más de 1.000 plantas de tower mustard fueron cultivadas por voluntarios y reintroducidas en varios puntos de Londres, donde esta flor silvestre nativa quedaba en solo dos lugares. Citizen Zoo y Habitats & Heritage utilizaron semillas de las poblaciones restantes para apoyar a polinizadores y probar un modelo comunitario.

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