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Rare Plants In Danger

Posted on Saturday, 16 August 2008 01:38PM by
The police, environmental and gardening groups have joined together to condemn thieves who have stolen a rare type of orchid from the Peak District National Park countryside.

The Dark Red Helleborine orchids were dug up and removed from the Stoney Middleton area between 16 and 23 July.

The Peak District National Park Authority, Natural England, National Trust, Derby Museum and Art Gallery and the Royal Horticultural Society have all expressed concern about the impact that losing the rare plants could have on biodiversity in the Peak District.

Unless the theft has been carried out by someone with specialist knowledge the orchids that have been stolen are likely to die anyway due to the difficulty of successfully transplanting rare plants. Even legal attempts to move orchids for conservation reasons often fail. read the full story here
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