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They have it backwards. They're technically not extinct, just rare. I've seen them in the wild. My parents have one in their front yard they planted around 30
by driverdan 10y ago
They have it backwards. They're technically not extinct, just rare. I've seen them in the wild.
My parents have one in their front yard they planted around 30 years ago from a sapling they found while camping. It makes me wonder if it's a resistant strain.
- DashRattlesnake 10y agoIt sounds like reproduction has basically stopped in the wild, and extinction is a foregone conclusion without human intervention. It's an interesting grey area.
- aacook 10y agoI think the term is "functionally extinct". The blight doesn't affect them until they're 20-30 years old. There's a very good chance they'll die. I don't think they've found a blight-resistant strain yet, just isolated trees, which always eventually get blighted.