Plants
- Juniper Juniperis communis, went extinct in the 20th century. It suffered a major decline after its uses for firewood and gin making ceased. Climate change is suspected to have made the population that was left infertile.
Read more about this topic: Extinct Animals From The Isle Of Man
Famous quotes containing the word plants:
“We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domesticated plants and animals, but we have been rabbit-like in our unplanned breeding of ourselves.”
—A.J. (Arnold Joseph)
“Luxurious Man, to bring his Vice in use,
Did after him the World seduce:
And from the fields the Flow’rs and Plants allure,”
—Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)
“All plants move, but they don’t usually pull themselves out of the ground and chase you.”
—Philip Yordan (b. 1913)