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Save Plants: July 2020 Newsletter

In the early days of CPC, 36 years ago, learning about the rare plant species in a region took quite...

Native Plant Trust has agreements with Natural Heritage Programs throughout New England. So when one of their volunteers discovered a population of chaff-seed, it was added to Massachusetts' dataset. While conducting surveys in Massachusetts in July, PCV Doug McGrady came across population of chaff-seed - a federally endangered species that hadn't been seen in the state since 1965. Photo credit Doug McGrady, courtesy of New England Wildflower Society
Legislation to Protect our National Parks and Public Lands Will Save Plants

Legislation to Protect our National Parks and Public Lands Will Save Plants We are so close, but ...

Anne Frances Monitoring wildflower plots in Citra FL Coreopsis leavenworthii ca 2006
Conservation Champion: Anne Frances

As the botanist coordinating the plant species information for NatureServe, Dr. Anne Frances has hel...

Small-leaved rose is officially recognized as Rosa minutifolia, and calling it otherwise in your database could lead to confusion when sharing the data, even if would smell the same.
A Rose by Any Other Name

Yes, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. But would people know which beautiful bud you re...

Photo of Carlos Pacheco collecting Lyonia truncata var. proctorii in Sierra Bermeja.
As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy – Documentation

As plant conservationists, we work to keep rare plants from the brink of extinction. While it’s al...

Coast violet (Viola brittoniana) in Massachusetts, one of the many species tracked in Natural Heritage Programs of New England. Photo credit: Laney Widener, Botanical Coordinator at the New England Wild Flower Society, 2017.
Your State Rare Plant Data Centers – The Natural Heritage Network

Our natural heritage is the sum total of our biodiversity, ecosystems, and geological structures. Mo...

In Memoriam

Remembering John McPheeters, a long-time supporter and past Board Member of the Center for Plant Con...

Jennifer Ceska
Conservation Champion: Jennifer Ceska

Amidst these times of great human suffering, it is important to remember rays of light that can outs...

Anne Frances collecting Agalinis seeds at R. Hardy Matheson Preserve in 2006.
As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy – Data Sharing

In May’s CPC online meeting of member conservationists, staff from the National Tropic Botanic Gar...

The Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center houses lab facilities to support molecular genetic work, seed biology, pollination biology, paleobotanical studies, an active seed bank and herbarium, and more. Like the microscopy lab above, no research staff have been using these important facilities during stay at home orders. Photo credit: Courtesy of Chicago Botanic Garden.
Forging on Despite Lonely Labs

As I entered the Beckman Center of the San Diego Zoo’s Institute for Conservation Research (ICR) f...

UCBG Horticulturists onsite for critical collection care.
Field Conservation in the Time of COVID-19

Working from home is all well and good for many conservation tasks. But rare plants are found in the...

June News 2020

Since mid-March 2020, many of us have been secluded in an effort to suppress the COVID-19 contagion....

Photo of Michael's rein orchid
As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy – Piperia Orchid Storage

CPC’s Rare Plant Academy is one of the tools CPC uses to connect plant conservationists, amplifyin...

Photo of Dr. Kristin Haskins, Executive Director, The Arboretum at Flagstaff
Conservation Champion: Kristin Haskins, Ph.D.

Some people just can’t help it, they are natural born leaders. In a group where a job has been la...

Eula Whitehouse’s camera.
Eula Whitehouse and the Cryptogams

A gifted artist and well-rounded scientist, Dr. Eula Whitehouse was an incredibly accomplished botan...

Mycology research near the Hall Valley Campground, with Andrew Wilson collecting.
Entangled by Rocky Mountain Fungi

Mycological and botanical research at Denver Botanic Gardens mirror each other and both will be movi...

A typical branch covered with lichens, including Ramalina culbersoniorum and Myelochroa galbina. Fruticose lichens like Ramalina have been greatly impacted by air pollution and habitat fragmentation.
Disappearing Lichens and a Southern Appalachian Stronghold

Our April newsletter offered a look at the work of CPC Participating Institutions beyond flowering p...

Lichen coloration is primarily due to pigments produced in their outer layers and which serve many functions, including sunscreening. This orange species, Xanthomendoza hasseana, is rare in the southern Appalachians where it grows on canopy branches in old-growth forests.
May 2020 News

We join colleagues around the world in celebration of the 15th annual Endangered Species Day, a day ...

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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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