FWS Lists Domestic Orchid as Threatened
The Fish and Wildlife Service issued a final rule (here) listing the white fringeless orchid (Platanthera integrilabia), a plant species from Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee, as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. New import and export restrictions set by the agency’s final rule take effect Oct. 13.
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(Federal Register 09/13/16)