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The creamy flower of Ben Lombard’s buckwheat (Eriogonum nudum var. decurrens)
The Hunt is On: Searching for Rare Plants in the Golden State

Amy Patten, the California Native Plant Society’s new Rare Plant Treasure Hunt (RPTH) coordinator ...

August 2018 News

Volunteers are really the lifeblood of many non-profit organizations. These dedicated individuals se...

Overlooking Trunk Bay a beautiful location on St. John and part of Virgin Island National Park. Photo credit: Joyce Maschinski, Center for Plant Conservation.
Virgin Islands National Park Endemic Plant Gets Urgent Habitat Management Assistance from Park Officials

Virgin Islands National Park (VINP) covers nearly 60% of the island of St. John and offers miles of...

Pittosporum halophilum by Kenneth R. Wood, National Tropical Botanical Garden.
Beyond the Islet – Integrated Conservation in Hawaii

On a small rocky island, or more accurately, an islet, jutting up off the shore of Moloka’I, eight...

From atop the Panamint Range one can see both the Sierra Nevada Mountains, including Mt. Whitney, and Badwater Basin.
July 2018 News

The U.S. National Parks Service was officially established in 1916 by the U.S. Government. Encompass...

Meads milkweed
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden is conducting a research project with the Center for Plant Conservation (C...

Sandsage Perkins
Lauritzen Botanic Gardens

Lauritzen Gardens has focused on the Central Grassland of North America and has been engaged in prai...

Cypripedium candidum
University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (MLA)

The University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum safeguards nine species in the CPC National Collec...

Prairie Sunset
Save Plants: June 2018 Newsletter

North America is a wonderfully diverse continent more often than not known for its shimmering beache...

Planting plugs. Approximately 18,000 plugs were planted in August 2016 by 5 staff, a graduate student, and more than 40 volunteers.
The Morton Arboretum

Ecological restoration is a critical component of conservation. Unfortunately, restored sites often ...

Saturday field trip, National Meeting 2018
Saturday Field Trip

Saturday began early as the group headed west to Eagle Mountain Park. The park sits at the heart of ...

Friday, May 4

On Friday, May 4, the meeting continued at BRIT with more discussion about CPC Best Practice Guideli...

Star Award 2018: Ed Schneider
Star Award Winner: Ed Schneider

Each year the Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) presents the Star Award to honor those who demonst...

May 2018 News

The Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) just wrapped up another successful CPC National Meeting, thi...

CPC National Meeting at BRIT

This year CPC’s national meeting traveled to the Lone Star State, to the campus of the Botanical R...

Answers to Plant Quiz

Answers to plant quiz above....

Rookies for Recovery!

The Rookies for Recovery Internship Program is an exciting new venture cultivated through a partners...

Announcement and News

The National Tropical Botanical Garden announced Dr. David H. Lorence as recipient of the prestigiou...

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