Rare Texas wildflower gets protection under Endangered Species Act
By A Mystery Man Writer
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has declared the bracted twistflower, native to the Edwards Plateau, a threatened species, a month after putting another Texas plant on the endangered list.
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