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BY GERALD OCHS
Rappahannock News Special Writer
Twenty-nine percent of the native plants species in the United States have become so rare that they are threatened with extinction, according to the United Plant Savers (UpS). Many of these species are the native medicinals that served our forebears well, and that are in ever increasing demand as the acceptance of herbal medicine is renewed.
Plants like ginseng, goldenseal, bloodroot, and black cohosh have proven to be effective medicinal herbs, and commercially valuable in light of exploding consumer demand. United Plant Savers is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation and cultivation of such at-risk native medicinal plants to assure an abundant renewable supply to future generations.
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