One of UK's rarest plants brought back from brink of extinction

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"Conservationists have launched a dramatic rescue mission for one of the UK's rarest plants, the starved wood-sedge, after it "rather catastrophically decided" to grow directly onto a public footpath. The critically endangered species, once considered the nation's rarest plant, is found in just two native sites across the UK, one of which is at Axbridge in Somerset. For over two decades, the Species Recovery Trust has diligently worked to safeguard the starved wood-sedge, which had dwindled to critically low levels."

Independent sends reporters to cover reproductive rights, climate change, and Big Tech, investigating subjects including the financials of Elon Musk's pro‑Trump PAC and producing a documentary, 'The A Word', about American women fighting for reproductive rights. The outlet refuses to use paywalls, relying on donations and support from readers who can afford to pay so journalism remains freely accessible across the political spectrum. Separately, conservationists launched a rescue for the critically endangered starved wood‑sedge at Axbridge, Somerset. The Species Recovery Trust removed plants from a public footpath after they moved off bankside habitat and faced trampling, to prevent their demise.

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