Top 10 Most Endangered Plants

Top 10 Most Endangered Plants. Content. Vocabulary. Western Prairie Fringed Orchid. Rafflesia Flower. Georgia Aster. Wiggin's Acalypha. Texas Wild Rice. True or false? Howell's Spectacular Thelypody. Stenogyne Kanehoana. Ouachita Mountain Goldenrod. Enrubio. Arizona Agave. Source.

Western Prairie Fringed Orchid Rafflesia Flower Georgia Aster Wiggin's Acalypha Texas Wild Rice Howell's Spectacular Thelypody Stenogyne Kanehoana Ouachita Mountain Goldenrod Enrubio Arizona Agave.

Prairie potholes – prerijų duobės; Overgrazing – intensyvus ganymas; Pungent – aštrus, aitrus.

Exists in five U.S. states in the Midwest; Only 172 populations; Wetland plant; Grows in “prairie potholes”; The main threats: development, overgrazing, fires, and global warming.

Native to southeastern United States; First grew in small clumps; 60 populations of this plant.

The Galapagos Islands; Construction work and loss; Considered a Critically Endangered by the Galapagos Conservation Trust.

Only 140 clumps left; Growing only in the freshwater of San Marcos River; lowering water levels caused by the Spring Lake Dam.

Platanthera praeclara only exists in 3 U.S. states in the Midwest.