UK's rarest trees are being saved by cliff-climbing pensioners
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Ten Fay's whitebeam trees, among 21 critically endangered species across the UK and Ireland, are being saved through seed collection efforts by volunteers including 84-year-old botanist Libby Houston climbing Cheddar Gorge and Burrington Combe in the Mendip Hills, with seeds taken to Westonbirt Arboretum as a conservation backup.
The seeds are being banked as backup; replanting and population recovery would require further restoration work.
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