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Seeds of ‘Ōhi‘a (Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila) on Moloka’i, ready for collection.
Save Plants: May 2023 Newsletter

From the tiny seeds of White Meconella (Meconella oregana), to the sturdy acorns of Havard's oak (Qu...

Safeguarding the Rare Plants of the Sunshine State

As home to over 3,000 native plant species, dozens of rich natural community types, and several cent...

IMLS Seed Longevity Study: Researching the Aging of Rare Plant Seeds

How do you know when genebanked seeds need to be regenerated—or recollected? If the stored seed do...

Welcome To New CPC Board Members

The Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) is pleased to be adding two new members to its Board of Trus...

Conservation Champion: Sheila Murray

May's Conservation Champion, Sheila Murray of The Arboretum at Flagstaff, is a long-time CPC network...

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As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: Assessing Sites In the Field before Conservation Seed Collection

Prior to making conservation collections from wild populations, it is important to conduct site asse...

National Collection Spotlight: Sand Flax

Sand Flax (Linum arenicola) is a critically imperiled species endemic to southern Florida. There are...

Save Plants: April 2023 Newsletter

One of the most rewarding things our network partners do is return a rare plant species into the wil...

Reintroductions of Nevin’s Barberry (Berberis nevinii) in the Angeles National Forest

Most known populations of the globally rare California endemic Nevin’s Barberry (Berberis nevinii)...

Best Practices Enhance Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Legacy Work with Mountain Bogs

The Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Southeastern Center for Conservation staff work to monitor and rest...

Conservation Champion: Dr. Sarah Dalrymple

April's Conservation Champion, Dr. Sarah Dalrymple of Liverpool John Moore's University has made man...

National Collection Spotlight: Torrey Pine

Torrey Pine (Pinus torreyana ssp. torreyana) is a critically imperiled subspecies endemic to San Die...

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As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: How to Conduct a Plant Reintroduction with the Help of Volunteers

Having an extra hand can make all the difference when conducting an outplanting for a reintroduction...

Save Plants: March 2023 Newsletter

Preventing the extinction of imperiled plant species is not for the faint of heart, nor is it someth...

Conserving the Arizona Willow

In the summer of 2022, while wildfires raged across much of New Mexico, the Southwest Office of the ...

Partnering to Advance Tree Gene Conservation

American Public Gardens Association (APGA) and the USDA Forest Service’s Forest Health Protection ...

Expanding USFS Partnership with a New Tool

It was a beautiful evening in June last year, we were nestled amongst the ponderosa and Jeffrey pine...

National Collection Spotlight: Violet Milkvetch

Violet Milkvetch (Astragalus iodopetalus) is a vulnerable species native to Colorado and New Mexico....

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