Chicago Botanic Garden Archives - Center for Plant Conservation

September News 2022

Posted on September 6, 2022 (September 6, 2022) by Shannon Fowler

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September 2022 Conservation Champion: Dr Jeremie Fant

Posted on September 5, 2022 (September 6, 2022) by Shannon Fowler

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October News 2021

Posted on September 29, 2021 (October 1, 2021) by Center for Plant Conservation

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Highlights from the CPC Network and Field of Plant Conservation

Posted on September 28, 2021 (December 23, 2021) by Center for Plant Conservation

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Tools and Resources for Endangered and Exceptional Plant Species (TREES)

Zoe Diaz-Martin, Chicago Botanic Garden As global biodiversity continues to decline, how can we ensure the long-term conservation of exceptional plant species? Our collaborative project is addressing this question by developing tools and resources that will position botanic gardens as key players in global plant conservation. In adopting the successful framework used in the zoological community, […]

Research at Chicago Botanic Garden: Cirsium pitcheri

Kay Havens, Chicago Botanic Garden Chicago Botanic Garden’s Negaunee Institute for Plant Conservation and Science supports centers of excellence in conservation practice, science, and training, with an emphasis on understudied species with high conservation need. The research focuses primarily on preventing plant extinction, promoting plant diversity, and understanding plant interactions. Actions and outreach include advocacy, […]

Curing Plant Blindness

Kay Havens, Chicago Botanic Garden Plant conservation is promoted through outreach and advocacy. One way to cure plant blindness is by engaging the public in authentic research, as illustrated by the Bud Burst citizen science program. After 10 years of crowdsourcing phenology data, Bud Burst managers decided they could better engage the public by bringing them […]

Challenges for ex situ collections: partnerships with the zoo community

Jeremie Fant, Chicago Botanic Garden This talk highlights the Chicago Botanic Garden’s work on adapting zoo conservation approaches for exceptional plant species. Challenges in ex situ conservation include genetic issues that arise from limited numbers of individuals and founders, and husbandry and hybridization issues encountered during the growing out of collections. A significant advantage in plant conservation is that seeds can be collected […]

Monitoring Plants of Concern at Chicago Botanic garden

Daniella DeRose, Chicago Botanic Garden Chicago Botanic Garden’s Plants of Concern (POC) program is a collaboration between citizen scientists, natural resource managers, and researchers to collect data on rare plant populations in northeastern Illinois. The primary goal is to identify best conservation practices, while creating awareness and providing education on why conservation matters. POC engages […]

Highlights from the National Meeting

Posted on May 13, 2019 (December 1, 2020) by Caroline Iacuaniello

Despite the rain, the Chicago Botanic Gardens beautiful grounds shone. Photo credit: Christa Horn, courtesy of CPC.

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Using a zoo model to conserve genetic diversity of critically endangered species ex situ

Jordan Wood, Jeremie Fant, Andrea Kramer and Kay Havens, Chicago Botanic Garden Genetics becomes important whenever populations become small (<100). This includes loss o fgenetic diversity from drift, increased expression of deleterious genes due to inbreeding, and limiting local adaptation. Since many species of plants are able to be seed banked, it is possible to […]