Local conservation features in The Ecologist

Local work to reintroduce an endangered plant reported in The Ecologist.

The Marsh sow-thistle, officially extinct in London, is  having a revival after being reintroduced to the Thames Road wetland site and nurtured back to strength.

http://www.theecologist.org/magazine/features/2271955/ghost_tour.html

The flowers of the marsh sow-thistle (Sounchus palustris)

The flowers of the marsh sow-thistle (Sounchus palustris)

This is a republishing of the article originally in Lost in London magazine.

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