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I'm limiting this list to northern North America for two reasons: Restricting this list geographically is in keeping with my specialization in plants native to northeastern North America. There are many more tropical plants, and plant extinctions, than I can manage; for example, Cuba alone has lost more plant species than I've listed on this blog post.  If you have additions to this list, please let me know, and provide a link which I can research. Astilbe crenatiloba , Roan Mountain false goat's beard, Roan Mountain, Tennessee, 1885 Narthecium montanum , Appalachian Yellow Asphodel, East Flat Rock Bog, Henderson County, North Carolina, before 2004? Neomacounia nitida , Macoun's shining moss, Belleville, Ontario, 1864 Orbexilum macrophyllum , bigleaf scurfpea, Polk County, North Carolina, 1899 Orbexilum stipulatum , large-stipule leather-root, Falls-of-the-Ohio scurfpea, Rock Island, Falls of the Ohio, KY, 1881 Thismia americana , banded trinity, Lake Calumet, IL, 1916 ...

On November 1, 1918, the worst transit disaster in New York City history occurred just outside Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The wooden cars of the Brighton Beach line of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit (B.R.T.) company left the tracks, crashing inside the tunnel beneath the busy intersection where Flatbush Avenue, Ocean Avenue and Malbone Street met [ Google map ]. The Malbone Street Wreck killed nearly 100 people and injured more than 250. Criminal trials and lawsuits arising from the accident dragged on for years, contributing to the bankruptcy of the BRT. The name "Malbone Street" became associated with the disaster; it's known today as Empire Boulevard. The BRT line followed roughly the current route of the B/Q subway lines from Coney Island to Prospect Park, and the shuttle from Prospect Park to Franklin Avenue. Conditions for the disaster were created by a number of factors. World War I, and the influenza pandemic, were still raging. A multi-year projec...