CPC2022 Archives - Center for Plant Conservation

Emerging

Aphyllon cooperi breaking through the desert crust in the Coyote Mountain Wilderness […]

The stunning Telesonix jamesii grows almost exclusively on Pike’s Peak granite. Our team found a large population in the relatively under-surveyed Tarryall Mountain Range in Colorado to voucher and seed bank! […]

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 […]