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TEST 9 – The “Extinct” Grass in Britain Match each statement with the correct person. List of People A. A. M. Barnard
B. Philip Smith
C. George Claridge Druce
D. Joan Thirsk
E. Professor Hackel
F. Nathaniel Fiennes
1. identified interrupted brome as another species of brome.
2. convinced others about the status of interrupted brome in the botanic
world.
3. said that sainfoin was first found more than 300 years ago.
4. helped farmers know that sainfoin is useful for enriching the soil.
5. collected the first sample of interrupted brome.
A. The British grass interrupted brome was said to be extinct, just like the Dodo.
Called interrupted
brome because of its gappy seed-head, this unprepossessing
grass was found nowhere else in the world,
Gardening experts from the
Victorian lira were first to record it. In the early 20th century, it grew far and
wide across southern England. But it quickly vanished and by 1972 was nowhere to be found. Even the
seeds stored at the Cambridge University Botanic Garden as an insurance policy were dead, having been
mistakenly kept at room temperature. Fans of the glass were devastated.
B. However, reports of its decline were not entirely correct. Interrupted brome has
enjoyed a revival,
one that's not due to science. Because of the work of one
gardening enthusiast, interrupted brome is thriving
as a pot plant. The
