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Narrowleaf Carolina Scalystem (Elytraria caroliniensis var. angustifolia)

Elytraria caroliniensis var. angustifolia
Photo courtesy of Nixon Smiley and Emily Magnaghi

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Global Rank: T2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Fabaceae
State: FL
Nature Serve ID: 140256
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection: 08/30/2021

Description:

Where is Narrowleaf Carolina Scalystem (Elytraria caroliniensis var. angustifolia) located in the wild?

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Narrowleaf Carolina Scalystem can be found in Florida

Which CPC Partners conserve Narrowleaf Carolina Scalystem (Elytraria caroliniensis var. angustifolia)?

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

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Conservation Actions

Assigned 08/30/21

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Conservation Actions

Nicholas Matsumoto

09/18/2023

In 2023 the Fairchild conservation team focused on seed bulking the Narrowleaf Carolina scalystem (Elytraria caroliniensis var. angustifolia). After collecting seeds from Nixon-Smiley Pineland Environmentally Endangered Lands Preserve in 2021, the team had a disappointingly low harvest, but sowed several seeds to test viability. The resulting plants were very active seed producers, and thus, the team has made an ongoing effort to bag the developed inflorescences before the seeds were dispersed. Even so, the Narrowleaf Carolina scalystem has been an active volunteer plant in adjacent pots. To date a total of around 1900 seeds from 5 maternal lines have been collected with more to come, and seedlings are frequently “saved” when they come up in neighboring pots for use in future restoration projects.

Tina Stanley

05/11/2023

According to a March 2023 extract of the Florida Plant Rescue Database, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Elytraria caroliniensis var. angustifolia totalling approximately 2970 seeds representing 3 maternal lines.

Center for Plant Conservation

08/30/2021

Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden plans to make a conservation seed collection of this species in 2021 as part of CPC’s inaugural season of the Florida Plant Rescue seed collections initiative.