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Changing Relationships to Keep Traditions with the Sioux

Posted on October 28, 2021 (November 3, 2021) by Center for Plant Conservation

Recently pulled up bunch of prairie turnips, dark bulbs attached to light green leafy stems.

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The Effects of Experimental Canopy Thinning on the Population Viability of a Rare Wetland Understory Herb

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 […]

Trollius laxus (American Globeflower) Reintroduction Success

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 […]