Erie County home to plant never before recorded in Pa.
Friday, September 25, 2009 - 16:35
in Mathematics & Economics
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) scientists have discovered a plant in Erie County that has never been recorded in Pennsylvania. The plant, dwarf scouring rush, was identified with the aid of a Mercyhurst College professor on the college's Mercyhurst West property in Girard. Dwarf scouring rush is known to exist in northern U.S.