SeppCon 2024: Conservation & Safeguarding Safeguarding Trees Along an Altitudinal Gradient in Southern Costa Rica through Global Collaborations Rodrigo De Sousa*, Rodrigo Benavides, José Rojas, Osa Conservation How can rare tree conservation and landscape restoration efforts be effectively merged for a regional-scale connectivity project? Our project in southwest Costa Rica, called the Ridge to […]
Astragalus bibullatus seedling just after sprouting along a transect in a naturally occurring population […]
Fruitful Astragalus bibullatus Plant in Mobot’s Seed Amplification Bed […]
For over three decades, the Missouri Botanical Garden has spearheaded an integrated conservation program with state and federal partners to improve conservation outcomes with the federally endangered wildflower, Pyne’s ground-plum (Astragalus bibullatus). Here, I highlight three key programmatic milestones critical to the successful recovery of this species. First, seed collections made over three decades from […]
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CPC Best Reintroduction Practice Guidelines: Astragalus bibullatus Case Study Matthew Albrecht, Missouri Botanical Garden (SePPCon 2016) Reintroduction is a critical component of rare species conservation with the goal of continuing evolution in a natural context. Within the southeastern U.S. 81% of recovery plans include reintroduction as a proposed conservation action, while in Hawaii almost all plant […]
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