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Florida Plant Rescue | Meet Hanna Rosner-Katz

We are pleased to announce that Hanna Rosner-Katz has joined the Florida Plant Rescue (FLPR) initiat...

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As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy – Spore Stories: Fairchild’s Rare Fern Conservation Program

Are you intrigued by Florida’s native species and local plant conservation work? The Rare Plant Ac...

Purple flowers of the low-lying sweet smelling monardella.
December News 2021

Looking back at 2021, The Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) is proud of what we have been able to ...

California poppies (Eschscholzia californica) and Parry’s phacelia (Phacelia parryi) blanket a slope in the Biodiversity Reserve adjacent to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
CPC Grant Project Updates

Development is currently underway for the creation of a brand-new, online Applied Plant Conservation...

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Conservation Champion: Christa Horn

If we are to save plants, we must work together. Our Conservation Champion for December, Christa Hor...

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On the Horizon: 2022

The Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) has many exciting events and initiatives on the horizon in 2...

Flowers in the Anza-Borrego desert.
Welcome to New CPC Board Members

In the past year, the Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) has been fortunate to add four new members...

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As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: Share Your Rare Plant Photographs

CPC Rare Plant Academy (RPA) is a hub of learning, sharing, and discovery for the plant conservation...

Monardella beneolens growing along a granite crack atop Olancha Peak.
National Collection Updates

The National Collection, a collection of the nation’s rarest plants in the care of the CPC Partici...

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November News 2021

Recently, the CPC Board of Trustees adopted a Climate Change Position Paper. This document highlight...

Saving Land to Save Plants in a World of Change

For over a hundred years, entities in New England have been working to conserve land in order to con...

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Changing Relationships to Keep Traditions with the Sioux

When we discuss climate change and its impacts on plants, we often think of heat, cold, and changes ...

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Conservation Champion | Suzzanne Chapman

Our Conservation Champion, Suzzanne Chapman spent many of her working years dedicated to saving plan...

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Advocacy Initiatives: Climate Change Position Paper | Center for Plant Conservation

At the Center for Plant Conservation (CPC), advocacy is an important tool in our efforts to save rar...

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As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: Alpine Ecosystems

Alpine ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Learn how the Denver Botanic Garden...

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Conservation Highlights: UN Climate Change Conference

The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) is currently underway in Glasgow, Scotl...

Prairie Sunset
October News 2021

In this issue of Save Plants, we share a glimpse of the breadth of the CPC network community, from s...

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Seed Banking in Hawai’i through Changes and Challenges | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Since its founding by Alvin Yoshinaga in the early 1990s, the Seed Conservation Lab at Lyon Arboretu...

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The Center For Plant Conservation (CPC) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization (EIN# 22-2527116) dedicated to saving rare plant species from extinction. CPC's National Collection represents more than 2,000 of the world's rarest plants, maintained collectively by its valued network of Participating Institutions.

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