Todd Bittner, Cornell Botanic Gardens Improving our understanding of how abiotic factors affect rare wetland plant species is necessary to inform conservation and management efforts. The decline of some rare fen perennials is believed to be related to the transition from open to closed canopy wetlands. To assess the role that light levels has on […]
Todd Bittner, Cornell Botanic Gardens Cornell Botanic Gardens has been working to conserve American Globeflower (Trollius laxus ssp. laxus) ex situ through seed banking efforts across multiple populations and in situ within two Garden-owned natural areas. The in situ conservation work has primarily focused on habitat protection and invasive species, deer, and nuisance beaver control. […]
Christopher Dunn, Todd Bittner and Robert Wesley, Cornell Botanic Gardens In situ conservation efforts for American globeflower (Trollius laxus) are ongoing within two Cornell Botanic Garden Natural Areas. A reintroduction program was initiated to augment the globeflower population and a total of 344 propagated plants have been successfully introduced with a 90-95% survival rate. The […]