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3 unusual facts about Bromus interruptus


Bromus interruptus

It was last seen in the wild in Cambridgeshire in 1972 and is currently classified as extinct in the wild.

In the summer of 2004, these seeds were dispersed at English Nature's reserve at Aston Rowant in the Chilterns.

After several decades in cultivation, the interrupted brome was re-introduced to a reserve in Aston Rowant in 2004, marking the first known re-introduction of an extinct plant in Britain.



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