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2024 Star Award: Dr. Emily Coffey
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The bracts are in the budding stage with no observable flowers. These plants can grow up to 40 inches tall with this one being on the smaller side of about 30 inches tall. […]
This species’ flowers and bracts are clustered and held at the top of the stem with about 4-5 heads per stem off of the main stem. There are usually around 5 bracts per head. […]
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The light purple flowers of the Florida Milkvetch grow in tiny clusters at the tip of the stems. The leaf arrangement is opposite and the leaves are shaped like tiny hearts. Many of these clusters were no bigger than two hands side-by-side. […]
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Bright green pitchers and flowers are on display during a monitoring trip to plan for the subsequent seed collection. […]
S. oreophila pitchers during floral monitoring for a maternal line seed collection. […]
C. socialis […]
achenes at a site in Alabama are collected by Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Micropropagation & Seed Bank Coordinator, Jason Ligon. […]
 floridana, C, these cuttings will be used to establish propagation protocols, following ABG\’s successful methods for close relative […]
At the ABG Conservation Seed Bank, a few freshly harvested seeds of Florida Yew (Taxus floridana) were sacrificed, having their characteristic fleshly red cup (aril)Â removed before weighing and drying to determine the average moisture content. This value will be used to desiccate remaining seeds to a moisture content of precisely 4-7% before entering a germination […]
West’s Flax (Linum westii Rogers) has adorable little yellow flowers that only open in the evening so surveys are best done in the afternoon, perfect for folks who are not early risers. […]