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CPC Conservation Champion, Matthew Albrecht, Associate Scientist in Conservation Biology, Missouri Botanical Garden
Conservation Champion and 2019 Star Award Winner: Matthew Albrecht

CPC awarded Matthew Albrecht the 2019 Star Award in recognition of his dedication to conserving the ...

Despite the rain, the Chicago Botanic Gardens beautiful grounds shone. Photo credit: Christa Horn, courtesy of CPC.
Highlights from the National Meeting

The lightning talks, ranging from 2-5 minutes, have become a highlight of each CPC National Meeting,...

Despite the rain, the Chicago Botanic Gardens beautiful grounds shone. Photo credit: Christa Horn, courtesy of CPC.
May 2019 News

Many of you have undoubtedly seen the recent headlines about species at risk. The UN has released a ...

Group photo from the CPC 2019 National Meeting in Chicago.
Coming Together in Chicago

The strength of CPC is the network, the collective knowledge of the Participating Institutions. And...

Photo of Johnny Randall, Director of Conservation Programs, North Carolina Botanical Garden
Conservation Champion: Johnny Randall

Johnny Randall was drawn into the world of plant conservation as he sought to apply the principles o...

Lake at Newfileds.
Artful Stewardship of Nature in Indiana

Dotted with forest, wildflowers, bird watching stations and art installations, the 100-acre Virginia...

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.
Giraffes in the Front-yard, Cactus Wren in the Back

San Diego Zoo Global is committed to conserving rare plants and animals both abroad and in their own...

Longwood Gardens 86-acre Meadow Garden
The Hard Work of Stewarding Natural Lands

The amazing features of Longwood Gardens are found throughout a large expanse of natural lands. Main...

Cactus scrub and the surrounding coastal sage scrub habitats are home to many plant and animal species.
April 2019 News

Habitat. Wildlands. Native ecosystems. Natural lands. Regardless of what we call them, these tracts ...

Rainbow over Joyce’s field site in Arizona.
A Career Grown by the Needs of Rare Plants

Joyce Maschinski didn’t imagine herself as a rare plant botanist, let alone Vice President of Cons...

Photo of persistent trillium (Trillium persistens)
March 2019 News

A few years back, I was reflecting on mentors in my life and had somewhat of a revelation – the ma...

photo of Valerie Pence, Ph.D., Director of Plant Research, Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
Conservation Champion: Valerie Pence, Ph.D.,

Brought into conservation through her interest in tissue culture, cryopreservation, and plant develo...

Photo of Emma Lucy Braun
Emma Lucy Braun

Some years ago, CPC held a board meeting in Cincinnati, and one of the field trips was somewhat unus...

Photo of Euphorbia haeleeleana, the Kauaʻi spurge.
From Field to Garden

Honolulu Botanical Garden’s new horticulturist and curator comes from a field background – trekk...

Photos of the inside of the seeds (taken with a confocal microscope). They both show the inside of mature or nearly-mature seeds – one shows the whole seed, one is a close-up of part of the seed. For scale, the seeds are about 1-2 millimeters long. The pictures show the major tissue types within a water lily seed: an embryo, it’s sibling tissue (‘endosperm’), a nutrient-storage tissue derived from the mother, and a fuzzy, hair-covered seed coat. (Photos @Rebecca Povilus)
Mystery of Flowers Unveiled: Reproduction to Parenting

Flowers play a central role in the reproductive cycle of plants. Their colors, shape, fragrance, and...

Image of Bill Brumback, Conservation Champion
Conservation Champion: Bill Brumback

Bill Brumback started his career at the Wild Flower Society in 1980 as Propagator, growing native pl...

The federally endangered Lakela’s mint.
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. ...

Golden paintbrush (castilleja levisecta)
Lots of Love for a Returning Oregon Native

The last natural populations of golden paintbrush in Oregon were last recorded in 1938. But through ...

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