Key Largo tree cactus no longer exists in US: 'My eyes bugged out'
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A tropical cactus that was once found in the Florida Keys no longer exists in the United States, the result of sea-level rise, hurricanes and herbivory, a field biologist tells Fox News Digital.
It was clear that "something was eating the cactus." "The other cacti in the region … are threatened with a similar fate." Peter Burke is a lifestyle editor with Fox News Digital.
Possley is director of regional conservation at Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden in Coral Gables, Florida, near Miami. She's part of a group of scientists and researchers who collectively have studied the species since it was first discovered at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in 1992.
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