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Rare Plant Thought Extinct Re-discovered in Upstate New York

treehugger.com — A salt-marsh plant thought to have vanished from upstate New York is back. But it has not come back to the inland salt marshes, of which only four remain (three in New York and one in Michigan). Rather, the rare goldenrod was found growing alongside local streets, probably competing well where run-off from winter road salt suppresses other plant..

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  • MrColdheart, on 09/29/2008, -2/+43Don't worry i believe we have the technology to kill it for good this time.
    /sarcasm
  • LeviTheSmith, on 09/30/2008, -1/+21Lets hope no one sets fire to it around 8pm tomorrow night ;)
  • EmmaHarte, on 09/29/2008, -2/+19Life finds a way, when it can.
  • DontPush, on 09/29/2008, -1/+15Its a shame you had to say you were being sacastic
  • MrColdheart, on 09/29/2008, -3/+15I'm not THAT coldhearted
  • NYCowboy, on 09/30/2008, -2/+12That is right by me. and they say using salt on the roads is bad for the environment.
  • badnewshotel, on 09/30/2008, -1/+11Hmm... I thought man could ruin the Earth and kill all the plants and animals. How did we let this one get through?
  • rwblackbird, on 09/30/2008, -0/+8This is really neat news! The title is a bit misleading, though -- it was extirpated (locally extinct) from upstate NY, not completely extinct. It's quite common on Canada's east coast.
  • hydroplane, on 09/30/2008, -0/+7"Hurry up goldenrod, or you're going to be a permanent resident."
  • HippyInASuit, on 09/30/2008, -1/+7Its a stinking weed guys. I can think of a different weed I would much rather see growing wild in my neighborhood.
  • FlyingPhotog, on 09/30/2008, -1/+7Kill it while you can! That ***** weed thrives in Texas and it will give you allergies like none other.
  • clickwir, on 09/30/2008, -2/+8I don't know.... that looks like a common weed around north eastern PA.
  • SlpingInsomniac, on 09/30/2008, -0/+5How oddly specific.
    ¬_¬
  • monofoto59, on 09/30/2008, -0/+5I live in upstate NY and goldenrod has been alll over the place for years. Is this a rare subspecies, or has this professor just now walked out of his college laboratory for the first time in decades? The article is unclear.












  • beckerist, on 09/30/2008, -0/+5So it thrives in the same environment that eats at my car every winter? Cool!
  • WilliamDavis, on 09/30/2008, -0/+5Pollution saves rare plant!
  • speel, on 09/30/2008, -0/+5But can you smoke it?
  • cotaskmemalloc, on 09/30/2008, -0/+4Dugg only because I live in Syracuse :-)
  • jakethelake, on 09/30/2008, -1/+5I'll be able to sleep at night again
  • shutaro, on 09/30/2008, -0/+4Kill it with fire!
  • feliks2, on 09/30/2008, -0/+4No worries, we'll get it next time.
  • ftotheill, on 09/30/2008, -0/+4"Seaside goldenrod is innocent of misplaced blame for causing allergies -- which are actually caused by the ragweed that blooms around the same time."
  • Navicerts, on 09/30/2008, -0/+4Predicting the future isn't easy.
  • sychotoast, on 09/30/2008, -0/+3salty
  • thevittegleos, on 09/30/2008, -1/+4yeah syracuse
  • dblespresso, on 09/30/2008, -6/+9Environmentalist were wrong.... SHOCKING
  • charbo17, on 09/30/2008, -0/+3Not to worry everyone... I drove by these plant earlier with my weed whacker and took care of the problem.

    But wait... aww crap, it's not RARE/EXTINCT at all: http://www.gardenguides.com/plants/plant.asp?symbo ... "... The Seaside Goldenrod is easily found in nurseries, garden stores and other plant dealers and distributors...." The title of the article is so deceiving. It's a very common plant on the east coast of canada according to this: http://ontariowildflowers.com/main/species.php?id= ...

    How is it that a plant goes "Extinct" but you can still buy it online? You can't buy the Dodo bird on ebay. I can't believe this even made it to the front page of digg. This should be on the front page of the Onion. Maybe I should create a digg article "Pole shows that people who visit digg believe everything they read"?
  • Navicerts, on 09/30/2008, -1/+4You don't suffer from allergies I guess - that ***** is terrible for allergies (and common in other areas).

    Should have finished it off when it was weak!
  • ChristmasPoo, on 09/30/2008, -0/+3And to think I was using "Weed Be Gone" Wonder if I can get my money back.
  • pantherxx, on 09/30/2008, -2/+5And here I go contributing to this nonsense...

    This is news worthy? For *****'s sake it's a weed that grows all over the place! Who gives a ***** if they thought it was gone in UPSTATE New York.



    Ok, now digg me down; I probably deserve it.
  • kellysharkz, on 09/29/2008, -5/+7Good news!
  • graemee, on 09/30/2008, -0/+2Exactly, I looked at the picture and thought, it's what? I have it in the backyard.
  • etx313, on 09/30/2008, -0/+2Tard FAIL!!!
  • BradOFarrell, on 09/30/2008, -2/+4Who gives a *****.
  • mllawso, on 09/30/2008, -2/+4How were the environmentalists wrong? And what does environmentalism have to do with this?
  • GordonFree, on 09/30/2008, -0/+2"Visually spectacular"? More like, visually embarassing
  • roddack, on 09/30/2008, -0/+2Plan B!
  • skeetmuffin, on 09/30/2008, -0/+2No man, tis not ganja.
    on another note, treehugger.com rofl!
    how about treeburner.com
    and not like burning down the rain forest
    ya yuppies
  • inactive, on 09/30/2008, -0/+1I completely agree. I live right outside of syracuse and it is most definitely all over the place. Maybe the Professor has been smoking too much weed?
  • lornali, on 09/30/2008, -0/+1Hurray
  • jgzman, on 09/30/2008, -0/+1When it can't, it takes a bit longer.
  • costumemaker, on 09/30/2008, -0/+1seriously.. I know its rare and endangered or whatever, but if I saw that growing in my yard I would hit it with round-up. It looks like another weed to me.
  • mllawso, on 09/30/2008, -0/+1Read the article.
  • metfan630, on 09/30/2008, -2/+3dugg for the url "treehugger.com"
  • designer, on 09/30/2008, -0/+1So Science was wrong????
  • skeetmuffin, on 09/30/2008, -0/+1probably make you trip out
  • leerayIG88, on 09/30/2008, -0/+1@Navicerts
    Pimping aint easy.
  • inactive, on 09/30/2008, -0/+1It was hiding from Hilary.
  • randyxkasugano, on 09/30/2008, -0/+1So scientists live under rocks?
    I see this all the time
  • DarwinBC, on 09/30/2008, -0/+1yeah not extinct this grows all over the place here in New Hampshire.
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