Rare Ice Age Plants in County Durham to Benefit From £64k Conservation Project

Rare County Durham plants that survived since Ice Age given £64,000 conservation hope

New £64,739 project will protect Upper Teesdale’s rare Arctic-alpine plants, survivors since the last Ice Age, through seed collection and conservation.

Upper Teesdale to protect 20 Ice Age Arctic-alpine plants with new three-year scheme

A new three-year conservation initiative in Upper Teesdale is set to protect a collection of Arctic-alpine plants that have persisted in the fells of County Durham since the end of the last Ice Age. The project has secured £64,739 from the North Pennines National Landscape's Farming in Protected Landscapes programme and will be managed jointly by the Teesdale Special Flora Trust and the landscape team. A biological relic from the Ice Age Upper T…

Rare Ice Age plants in County Durham to benefit from £64k conservation project

New £64,739 project will protect Upper Teesdale’s rare Arctic-alpine plants, survivors since the last Ice Age, through seed collection and conservation.

Protecting Teesdale's Arctic Alpine Flora: A Project for Rare Plant Conservation

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