CPC2022 Archives - Center for Plant Conservation

Wild Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. crassifolia stem sections regrowing from buds on tissue culture medium

The Del Mar manzanita (Arctostaphylos glandulosa ssp. crassifolia) does not have seeds that readily germinate, but they make up for it with buds that quickly resprout in tissue culture. Often, multiple buds burst on a single stem segment explant (pictured here), allowing whole culture lines to flourish in considerably less time than through germinating seeds […]

Belly Botany

California Plant Rescue botanists got down low to spot Dimeresia howellii in Modoc County last summer […]

Florida Yew Makes The Cut

floridana, C, these cuttings will be used to establish propagation protocols, following ABG\’s successful methods for close relative […]

What Are You Willing To Sacrifice?

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) 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 […]

Not An Early Riser

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. […]

Paper-like Whitlow-wort – Enjoy It While It Lasts

Paronychia chartacea var. minima) in full bloom along the margin of a karst lake, formed by the collapse of a cave. […]

Pinewoods Aster In the Bag

Eurybia spinulosa […]

Small but Mighty Pinewoods Aster

Eurybia spinulosa in flower during the site assessment in early August. […]

Baker’s Tickseed

Coreopsis bakeri, Baker’s tickseed, flower with a tumbling flower beetle (Family: Mordellidae) visitor. […]

June News 2022

Posted on June 2, 2022 (July 8, 2022) by Center for Plant Conservation

Image of Penstemon hallii at Horseshoe Cirque. Photo by Alex Seglias

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State of CPC: 2022 National Meeting Update

Posted on June 2, 2022 (June 2, 2022) by Center for Plant Conservation

Image of Clematis lasiantha climbing through a steep canyon in the Otay Mountain Wilderness.

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2022 National Meeting Keynote Address

Posted on June 1, 2022 (June 2, 2022) by Center for Plant Conservation

CPC Keynote Speaker - Dr. Deane Bowers

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2022 National Meeting Photo Contest

Posted on May 30, 2022 (June 2, 2022) by Center for Plant Conservation

Image of Fouquieria splendens (Ocotillo) pushing new growth in the Anza Borrego Desert.

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Venus fly trap

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Kauaʻi Kauwila

Alphitonia ponderosa […]

Sentinels

Metrosideros polymorpha (\’Ōhi\’a) and Alphitonia ponderosa (Kauwila) Habitat on the Island of Kaua\’i. […]

Life after a fresh breath of air

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Ceiba at Naples Botanical Garden

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