{"id":237,"date":"2011-08-04T21:53:07","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T01:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/elsie-quartermans-tennessee-coneflower-taken-off-endangered-species-list.html"},"modified":"2011-08-04T21:53:07","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T01:53:07","slug":"elsie-quartermans-tennessee-coneflower-taken-off-endangered-species-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/elsie-quartermans-tennessee-coneflower-taken-off-endangered-species-list.html","title":{"rendered":"Elsie Quarterman&#8217;s Tennessee Coneflower taken off endangered species list"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Echinacea_tennesseensis\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/2\/26\/Echinacea_tennesseensis.jpg\/220px-Echinacea_tennesseensis.jpg\"><\/a>\nWSMV in Nashville reports that\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsmv.com\/video?autoStart=true&#038;topVideoCatNo=default&#038;clipId=6120966\">\nthe Tennessee purple coneflower, which grows only in cedar glades,\nand only in three counties in the world,\nis being taken off the endangered species list:<\/a>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/www.wsmv.com\/global\/video\/videoplayer.js?rnd=486546;hostDomain=www.wsmv.com;playerWidth=645;playerHeight=380;isShowIcon=true;clipId=6120966;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=overlay'><\/script>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sinclair.quarterman.org\/pictures\/elsie\/elsie_glade_mar_68tif.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/sinclair.quarterman.org\/pictures\/elsie\/small\/elsie_glade_mar_68tif.jpg\"><\/a>\nLess than one percent of endangered species ever get taken off the list.\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/article\/20110804\/NEWS01\/110804009\/TN-s-Purple-coneflower-back-pink-\">\nTennessean reports:<\/a>\n<blockquote>\nThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to officially remove the\nwildflower by Sept. 2, from its list of plants that are near extinction.\n<p>\n\u201cThe Tennessee coneflower\u2019s recovery is an example of what can be\nachieved through the combined efforts of dedicated partners,\u201d said\nCindy Dohner, the Service\u2019s Southeast Regional Director, in an emailed\nannouncement.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nEchinacea tennesseensis was thought extinct until\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elsie_Quarterman\">\nDr. Elsie Quarterman<\/a>\nrediscovered it in 1969 in the cedar glades which are her academic specialty.\nShe was 59 then.\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/05\/at-100-elsie-quarterman-attends-her-cedar-glade-wildflower-festival.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5265\/5676152436_a5b91873e1_m.jpg\"><\/a>\nNow she is 100, and still being honored\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/05\/elsie-quarterman-cedar-glade-festival.html\">\nby her students<\/a>\nand by her state.\n<p>\nAunt Elsie\n<a href=\"http:\/\/sinclair.quarterman.org\/pictures\/elsie\/elsie_hs.html\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/sinclair.quarterman.org\/pictures\/elsie\/small\/elsie_hs.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2010\/04\/elsie-quarterman-glade-festival.html\">\nwas born in Valdosta and played basketball for Hahira High School,<\/a>\nbefore she started her very long career in botany and plant ecology.\n<p>\nAs aye, Elsie!\n<p>\n-jsq\n<p>\nPS: This post owed to Patrick Quarterman.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WSMV in Nashville reports that the Tennessee purple coneflower, which grows only in cedar glades, and only in three counties in the world, is being taken off the endangered species list: Less than one percent of endangered species ever get taken off the list. 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