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Golden Paintbrush This plant very endangered and was down to 200 individuals here in Washington (it's Washington's most endangered species!) at one time, but is steadily recovering due in large part to the efforts of the Sustainability in Prisons Project, which has been breeding them for replanting in the wild. Castilleja levisecta,Geotagged,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Golden Paintbrush

This plant very endangered and was down to 200 individuals here in Washington (it's Washington's most endangered species!) at one time, but is steadily recovering due in large part to the efforts of the Sustainability in Prisons Project, which has been breeding them for replanting in the wild.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    That's nice, the initiative you backed after the contest comes back to produce results! Posted 10 years ago
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      Indeed - I thought I'd go find some of the fruits of their labor. Much of what they breed is released or planted on an army base and county owned piece of prairie land that is currently closed to visiting, so isn't really accessible to the public (but is also more protected). It was nice to be able to find these plants to be able to see that they are making a difference. South Puget Sound prairie land is a rare type of ecosystem in the first place and much of it has been converted to farm land, so many of the plants and animals that live there, especially the ones that only live there have a tenuous existence. Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago

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The Golden Paintbrush

''Castilleja levisecta '' is a rare species of flowering plant in the figwort family known by the common name golden paintbrush, or golden Indian paintbrush, listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1997. It is native to British Columbia and Washington, where it is known from eleven remaining populations. It occurred in Oregon but all natural occurrences there have been extirpated. It has been reintroduced to a few areas in Oregon, but it remains to be seen if the plants will survive. The plant.. more

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Uploaded May 16, 2015. Captured May 15, 2015 11:06 in 12948-13052 Marksman Street Southwest, Olympia, WA 98512, USA.
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