'Largely intact': Exceedingly rare trees appear to have survived Santa Rosa Island fire

The species spent decades recovering from ranching on Santa Rosa Island.

Rare trees 'still exist' amid 17,000-acre Santa Rosa Island Fire

The island is home to the Torrey pine, 'the rarest native pine the United States,' according to the National Park Service.

This Chelsea garden is packed with 'rare, underused' plants and flowers you’ve probably never seen

Want to go against the grain? These cultivars are dangerously out of fashion but were seen at this year's Chelsea Flower Show ...
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Santa Rosa Island wildfire threatens rare trees

Newly released video shows the moment a wildfire sparked on Santa Rosa Island after a sailboat crashed and emergency flares ...

Santa Rosa Island fire burns through rare Torrey pine grove. But there's hope for the endangered tree

A massive wildfire has burned through nearly one-third of Santa Rosa Island, including a grove of critically endangered ...
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New tree genus discovered that is related to tomatoes and potatoes

Scientists have identified new tree genus in the Andes, Daturodendron, related to tomatoes and potatoes as a plant group never named before.

Only 162 trees remain in the wild, and scientists are racing to save a rare wood once hunted for its beauty and dangerous myths

Only 162 water pines remain in the wild. See how scientists are using genetic tech to rescue a critically endangered timber.
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Rare ancient tree discovery has scientists ‘gobsmacked’

Trees are believed to have originated hundreds of millions of years ago. Ever since, evidence of these ancient plant sentinels has been in short supply. Now, a new discovery of uniquely 3D tree ...