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Speak For The Trees
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An Atala butterfly appeared in the flatwoods this July — one of 16 threatened species logged this month. It vanished from nearly all of Florida by the 1960s after coontie, its sole larval host, was harvested to near-extinction for arrowroot starch. Each sighting now maps where coontie has returned.
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2026-07-19T12:21:50.211Z