March 2019 News A few years back, I was reflecting on mentors in my life and had somewhat of a revelation – the ma...
Conservation Champion: Valerie Pence, Ph.D., Brought into conservation through her interest in tissue culture, cryopreservation, and plant develo...
Emma Lucy Braun Some years ago, CPC held a board meeting in Cincinnati, and one of the field trips was somewhat unus...
From Field to Garden Honolulu Botanical Garden’s new horticulturist and curator comes from a field background – trekk...
Mystery of Flowers Unveiled: Reproduction to Parenting Flowers play a central role in the reproductive cycle of plants. Their colors, shape, fragrance, and...
Conservation Champion: Bill Brumback Bill Brumback started his career at the Wild Flower Society in 1980 as Propagator, growing native pl...
Rare hosts beware! Love vine not so loving for endangered Lakela’s mint The endangered Lakela’s mint (Dicerandra immaculata) is known from only one natural population. ...
Lots of Love for a Returning Oregon Native The last natural populations of golden paintbrush in Oregon were last recorded in 1938. But through ...
February 2019 News For our February issue of SavePlants, we take a look at some of our imperiled plants that challenge ...
Volunteer’s Love of Plants Helps Conserve Parasitic Vine About me: I’m a vine and a pretty rare find – my populations are small, though spread over a wid...
Conservation Champion: Ed Guerrant, Ph.D., The CPC family pays tribute to our friend and colleague Ed O. Guerrant, Jr. as he embarks on his new...
If your plants don’t have records, do they exist? San Diego Zoo Global Rare plant collections require a daunting combination of skill, time, and luck. To ensure that this ...
Branching Out For Oak Conservation Morton Arboretum Over 30 percent of tree species globally have seeds and can’t be saved through seed banking – in...
Learning from Monitoring: Improving Plant Reintroductions Over Time Missouri Botanical Garden Reintroductions are tricky, but also an important opportunity to learn about the species being reint...
Strategizing Collections with Genetic Research Montgomery Botanical Center Trekking around the world to amazing habitats palms and cycads call home to make collections, the st...
January 2019 News CPC’s model of collaborative work and a shared responsibility to Save Plants, a world first, has b...
New Participating Institutions The UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden (ArbPG) is on-campus living museum focused on having deep i...
CPC Accomplishments The Center for Plant Conservation is a leader, bringing plant conservation practitioners together to...
