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Image of Peggy Olwell, Plant Conservation & Restoration Program Lead for the National Office of Bureau of Land Management.
National Meeting Recap

Dr. Joyce Maschinski, CPC President & CEO, opened this year’s meeting with exciting updates from t...

Castilleja at Pass Lake
As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy – Beta Testing

It is beta-testing time! Does the idea of helping to build a better website for our plant conservati...

Image of Emma Neigel in the field collecting a cutting of red milkweed (Asclepias rubra) as part of an effort to maintain a safeguarding ex situ collection at Atlanta Botanical Garden.
State of the CPC

Dr. Joyce Maschinski, CPC President & CEO, opened this year’s meeting with exciting updates from t...

Image of Naomi Fraga, Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden Director of Conservation Programs. Photo courtesy of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Star Award: Naomi Fraga

In recognition of her outstanding conservation and advocacy efforts on behalf of the rare plants of ...

Image of Hoosier Pass ipomopsis (Ipomopsis globularis) in its alpine habitat.
May 2021 Newsletter

Even when the CPC network meets virtually, there is great comradery and enthusiasm for our collectiv...

Screenshot from "Vascular Plant Extinction in the Continental United States and Canada" video.
As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy – Conservation Across Borders

The human world is full of borders –borders between countries, states, land-managing entities, and...

Image of a photographic exhibition endorsed by the CSSG helped raise awareness of the impacts of poaching cacti - specifically Copiapoa - on populations and ecosystems.
Copiapoa Cacti

One focus of the Cactus and Succulent Plants Specialist Group has been Copiapoa, a genus of cacti fo...

Image of the endangered Barrens ground willow (Salix jejuna).
Welcome to CPC | Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden

The Center for Plant Conservation’s mission is to save plants. Its focus has long been on the plan...

Image of Long's rockcress (Braya longii).
Rockcress Recovery in the Not-so-barren Limestone Barrens

Embraced by the icy North Atlantic Ocean and scoured by high winds, the limestone barrens of Newfoun...

Image of April 2021 Conservation Champion Sula Vanderplank
Conservation Champion: Sula Vanderplank

When did you first fall in love with plants? I think I fell in love with plants as a child....I g...

Image of Desert Botanical Garden, home to hundreds of species of cacti and succulents from desert communities, displayed in ways that highlight these wonders of the desert.
A Specialist Group’s Home | Desert Botanical Garden

When Jael Wolf was hired by theDesert Botanical Garden (DBG) to serve as the Programme Officer for t...

Image of rhododendron border at MUNGB.
April News 2021

As rare plant lovers, we associate many of our favorite plants with special places. These special pl...

As Seen on Rare Plant Academy: Conserving ‘Ohi’a

At the 2018 National Meeting, Seana Walsh of National Tropical Botanic Garden shared the ambitious p...

The Lone Population on a Slippery Slope

Though showy stickseed may be adapted to the loose-soiled and steep environment of Washington’s Ok...

Conservation Champion: Anna Strong

Working for a state Natural Heritage Program gives a person good perspective about rarity in a state...

March News 2021

In this month’s Save Plants, we explore the nature of rarity and give examples of our participatin...

CPC National Meeting Registration Now Open!

We welcome you to attend our second virtual installment of the CPC National Meeting...

A Carnivorous Ambassador

A rare treat greets scout troops guided by Carrie Radcliffe on lands managed by the Nature Conservan...

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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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