The Key Largo tree cactus is pollinated by bats, beetles and moths, and its fruit serves as a food source for birds and other small mammals. All hope is not lost for the species.

The Key Largo tree cactus is first plant of its kind to go extinct in the United States from sea-level rise, scientists say. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

The Key Largo Tree Cactus is now the first U.S. species to become extinct due to rising sea levels, according to a study done by the Botanical Research Institute of Texas.. A look at the world ...

The species in question is the Key Largo tree cactus (Pilosocereus millspaughii)—a tube-like cactus plant that can grow up to 20 feet tall.

The population of the Key Largo tree cactus has been wiped from the Florida Keys. While scientists are now working on a potential restoration, more species will likely see similar fates as climate ...

The Key tree cactus was listed as federally endangered in 1984, and between 1994 and 2007, its population decreased by 84%. The two plants look alike with tall stems and similar flowers.

The only known population of the cactus in the U.S. was first discovered in the Keys in 1992. Since then, it has succumbed to a hostile environment, high tides, soil depletion and animal consumption.

A rare tree cactus that grew for decades hidden by a tangle of mangrove trees on Florida's Key Largo has lost its battle with rising sea levels and other pressures.. It's now considered locally ...

The Key Largo tree cactus was initially found growing in the United States in 1992 at a single site. That population has since been lost to a combination of rising sea levels and increasingly ...

The Key Largo tree cactus, native to the Florida Keys, has become extinct in the United States due to rising sea levels. Researchers attribute its demise to increased saltwater intrusion into its ...

South Florida may have seen the first documented local extinction related to climate change in the U.S. A recent study found that the last patch of Key Largo tree cactus declined and died out as ...