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The Missouri Botanical Garden is on a mission to save the Fraser fir

St. Louis on the Air

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The Fraser Fur Is Now Endangered in the Wild

The fraser fir is now endangered in the wild due to an invasive sap sucking insect. Because the species is not native here, the fraser fur wasn't able to evolve any type of defense against it. A research committee for the missouri christmas tree association plans to test different trees to find something that looks similar to the fraser fir but grows well locally.

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