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Prodigal Fireweed comes home to Burton Wetlands

Monday, July 28, 2008

Twenty-four years ago a scientist from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History took a few specimens of a rare plant from Burton Wetlands in Geauga County for safekeeping. Shortly after, the plant completely disappeared from the area. Now it's coming home.

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