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New England Blazingstar (Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae)

The PHA nursery grows nearly 40 species of native plants for restoration of homeowner use. Here, 1500 New England Blazing Star plugs wait fall planting in the Polly Hill Arboretum fields. Photo Credit: https://saveplants.org/answers_answer/answer-to-are-others-collecting-demographic-data-from-reintroduced-populaitons-2/

Global Rank: T3 - Vulnerable
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Asteraceae
State: CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI
Nature Serve ID: 155447
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 07/05/2021

Description:

Where is New England Blazingstar (Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

New England Blazingstar can be found in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island

Which CPC Partners conserve New England Blazingstar (Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae)?

Native Plant Trust

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 07/05/21

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 03/21/24

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

Tina Stanley

03/21/2024

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens has collected seed from wild populations of Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae and maintains a wild-provenanced living collection of this taxon. CMBG also has experience with propagating this taxon.

Center for Plant Conservation

08/18/2021

In 2021, CPC contracted the Native Plant Trust to recollect seed from a population currently held in long term orthodox seed storage as part of an IMLS-funded seed longevity experiment. The National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation will evaluate how germination tested viability and RNA Integrity of seed lots decline over time in storage.