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African Plants Grow as Dutch Environment Warms
Sun Jul 25, 2004 07:42 AM ET

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Changes in the Dutch climate in recent years because of global warming have meant dozens of plant types normally found in warmer areas are now growing wild in the country, according on one study.
The Standaardlijst Nederlandse Flora, a catalog of plants growing wild in the northern European country, found 50 varieties introduced here over the last seven years -- some from as far away as Africa, Dutch media reported on Sunday.

Researchers who compiled the catalog, due to be published in September, said that as the European climate has warmed the plants spread from the south of the continent.