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Inside a 10-foot-high fence at the Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in suburban Washington, woodland wildflowers have been putting on a carefully choreographed show since mid-March. The bloodroots took the stage first, unfurling white petals around their yellow hearts, and were followed by delicate Virginia bluebells and dainty pink spring beauties. Over the last week, red, white and yellow trilliums joined blue dwarf-crested iris and a handful of pink lady's slippers on a simulated mountaintop. But outside such meticulously cultivated gardens, these jewels of the forest, which include cherished flowers known as spring ephemerals, are under siege. "They're being devastated," said Keith P. Tomlinson, manager of Meadowlark, in Vienna, Va. [Source: New York Times -- need a login/pw?]
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