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US: Monkey-face orchid gets federal protection after 41 years

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has placed the white fringeless orchid, first listed as a candidate in 1980, under protection of the Endangered Species Act.

Last week, the orchid, also known as the monkey face orchid, was added as a threatened species to protect and conserve the rare plant found in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, and Mississippi. The Magnolia state is home to six places it is known to grow: Alcorn County (one), Itawamba County (three), and Tishomingo County (two).

White fringeless orchids grow in wet, boggy areas at the heads of streams and on sloping areas kept moist by groundwater seeping to the surface.

The service’s final rule listing the orchid as threatened appeared in the Sept. 13 Federal Register. Protection for this plant under the ESA takes effect Oct. 13, 30 days after the rule was published. It is illegal under the ESA to take, damage or destroy the orchid from areas under federal jurisdiction.

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