Welcome back. (Weather Vane).(plant Robbins' cinquefoil is taken off endangered-species list )(Brief Article) Country Living Gardener | May 1, 2003| | COPYRIGHT 2003 Hearst Communications, reprinted with permission of Hearst. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

For the first time since 1974, a plant has been taken off the federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants. Robbins' cinquefoil (Potentilla robbinsiana) was at the brink of extinction, with only 3,700 known plants, before it was placed on the endangered list in 1980. Thanks to the New England Wild Flower Society (NEWFS), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Appalachian Mountain Club (AM C), ...

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