Rare Plant Species Reintroduced Across Malta and Gozo
After discussions with the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA), the Argotti Botanic Gardens and Resource Centre (ABGRC) successfully re-introduced three rare plant species in a number of locations in Malta and Gozo.
Cyperus
Iris pseudacorus and
The first two of these species have been eradicated in the wild.
Cyperus laevigatus subsp. distachyos, or the Mediterranean Galingale, was eradicated from Wied Mula in the mid-seventies, though luckily specimens were attained and propagated at ABGRC.
Iris pseudacorus, or the Yellow Flag Iris, was also last present in a ditch at Mdina decades ago.
Typha domingensis, or the Bulrush, is an endangered species which is on the increase and specimens were also provided to Nature Trust to assist in their rehabilitation work.
Nature Trust has appealed to the public to dispose of plastic waste in the appropriate way and not dump it around, as it will tend to end up in the sea. 
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