A local energy company says it is working to protect the rare plant. By
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Tiehm’s buckwheat is a rare flowering plant found in a remote region of Nevada that is potentially threatened by the mining of lithium, which is used to power electric cars.
Ioneer, an energy company mining lithium in the area, says it is working closely with the federal government to protect the plant.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is assessing whether the plant will be protected under the Endangered Species Act.
Tiehm’s buckwheat, a rare flowering plant, was named for the man who first collected the species less than half a century ago. Now, just decades after Arnold Tiehm first collected this species, it’s being threatened by lithium mining an essential mineral used to power electric cars.
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