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New report, "State of Plants," claimed that pollution and climate factors are among the causes of extinction of some species in New Hampshire and New England.
According to The American Register, the report published the list of extinct species. The report has been released by New England Wild Flower Society and according to it, around 3,500 species of plants in the region of New England and New Hampshire are either endangered or nearing extinction.
In addition, more that 22 percent of these species are already listed under the rare species hood, as reported by MarketWired.
Among these 3,500 species, 30 percent are non-native plants which are posing a threat to the native plants of the region, invasive plants like these have alarming taken over almost 10 percent of the whole of New England.
The report also suggests that the lawns of the localities can also be considered as non- native vegetation and some quick action needs to be taken before the native plants get totally destroyed. The extinction of these plants will not only affect the plant kingdom, it will have an adverse effect on the human beings as well, the report says.
The report further states that every forest in New England is losing many plants, at an alarming rate and it is happening for the first time in about 200 years. White Mountain avens in the Franconia Notch and Ossipee Pine Barrens are some of the plant species which are facing extinction in New Hampshire and New England.
Plants are essential for both bird survival as well as human survival and the extinction report has already rung the alarm bell for the environmental scientists to replenish these plants.
