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Patch of one of UK's rarest flowers saved from falling into the sea
One-flowered wintergreens are only found in woodlands in north-east Scotland
Conservationists say thousands of rare flowers have been saved from falling into the sea on the Moray coast.
In the UK, the one-flowered wintergreen can only be found in pine woodlands in north-east Scotland.
More than half the entire population of the star-shaped flower have been lost over the last 50 years.
About 3,400 of the tiny plants have been rescued from an area of eroded beach at Culbin Sands, an area of dunes and forest near Findhorn, and moved to a safe location nearby.
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Plantlife Scotland worked with Forestry and Land Scotland, NatureScot and volunteers to rescue the plants.
A patch of the flowers was carefully dug up at a site on the coast where it has been eroded away by the sea over the last few years.
Sam Jones, senior ecological adviser at Plantlife Scotland, said: "This type of ground-breaking conservation work will help ensure endangered species like the one-flowered wintergreen are not lost.