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In Memoriam

It is with a sad heart that we share that former Center for Plant Conservation Trustee, Erica Leisen...

Photo of Omar Monsegur-Rivera, USFWS, Caribbean Ecological Services Field Office
Conservation Champion: Omar Monsegur-Rivera

The Isle of Enchantment has many treasures. Among them is our Conservation Champion for April 2020, ...

The Atlanta Botanical Garden team collects data on surviving trees, between 35 and 100 cm tall, some just missing disaster from 2018’s Hurricane Michael.
Cones and Clones to Save Florida Torreya

Two hundred years ago, the limestone bluffs and ravines of the Apalachicola River in Georgia and the...

2014 fern survey at Silla de Calderon.
Searching for Ferns

Ferns abound on the Island of Enchantment – Puerto Rico. The U.S. territory is home to many specie...

Micronesian cycad (Cycas micronesica), growing in Guam.
April 2020 News

During this unprecedented time of sequestration and working from our homes, it is abundantly clear h...

Micronesian cycad (Cycas micronesica), growing in Guam.
Saving Micronesian Cycad with Vital Collections

Micronesian cycad (Cycas micronesica), or fadang as it is sometimes called on Guam, is a large tree-...

Ohio. Running buffalo clover in bloom.
March News 2020

Today we have the pleasure of sharing good news about the rediscovery of plants once thought to be e...

Wes Knapp
Conservation Champion: Wes Knapp

Wes Knapp is leading an important effort to assess plant extinction in North America north of Mexico...

Recovering Bradshaw’s Desert Parsley

Bradshaw’s desert parsley (Lomatium bradshawii) is a lovely member of the carrot family that may s...

Some of the Kentucky-bound plants grown by CREW went to property owned by the Eastern Kentucky University – where the CREW team was able to participate in a 2012 outplanting effort.
Clovers on the Rebound

Not long ago, running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum) was thought by many to be extinct. Yet...

Ben Nyberg above Kalalau Valley on Kaua’i’.
Hanging on the Edge and Flying High

While dangling from ropes on a cliffside in Kaua’i, Research Biologist Ken Wood made an exciting d...

A population of velvety false lupine (Thermopsis californica var. semota).
Aware, Ready, and Constantly Working to Protect Biodiversity

It is by no means unusual for special projects to get funding directly through line items in a budge...

Polly Pierce
Conservation Champion: Polly Pierce

Native plant enthusiast only begins to capture the essence of Polly Pierce. Undaunted by hurricanes ...

Oaks in Conservation Grove
Native Plant Gardens Don’t Need Rare Treasure to Have Real Value

When learning about the plight of native plants – especially rare plants – and the animals and h...

Western monarch butterflies in hibernation.
How native is that native?

Monarch butterflies are perhaps the most well-known butterflies in North America, with their eye-cat...

South Florida rocklands on Everglades National Park Long Pine Key Nature Trail.
Connect to Protect Network for Pine Rocklands

When asked to picture the habitats of Florida, a non-Floridian will likely think of sandy beaches or...

A monarch butterfly at Lighthouse Field State Beach in Santa Cruz California.
Save Plants: February 2020 Newsletter

One of the important reasons for saving rare plants from extinction is that a healthy natural world ...

Daniel Gluesenkamp, Ph.D., Conservation Champion January 2020
Conservation Champion: Daniel Gluesenkamp, Ph.D.

If you have a chance to be in Dan Gluesenkamp’s orbit, you will experience someone with a stunning...

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