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Rare plant rediscovered in East Bay after 68 years

A yellow-flowered California native plant that has rarely been seen for 68 years has been rediscovered in Vasco Caves Regional Preserve in eastern Contra Costa County.   The caper-fruited tropidocarpum (Tropidocarpum capparideum) was found on March 3 by botanist and environmental consultant Heath Bartosh. Bartosh was searching for the plant on local ridgetops for the East […]

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