CPC2022 Archives - Page 4 of 5 - Center for Plant Conservation

Misty Mountain Morning

Hesperoyucca whipplei in full bloom on Otay Mountain […]

Fish Hook Cactus

Mammillaria dioica (Fish Hook Cactus) peeking out from under the shrubs in Anza Borrego Desert State Park […]

Clematis lasiantha in the Otay Mountain WIlderness

Clematis lasiantha climbing through a steep canyon in the Otay Mountain Wilderness […]

San Diego Botanic Garden staff in the Anza Borrego Desert

SDBG staff hiking up Bighorn Wash towards Blue Spring in search of Petalonyx linearis for the CPC California Plant Rescue program. […]

Fouquieria splendens

Fouquieria splendens (Ocotillo) pushing new growth in the Anza Borrego Desert […]

San Diego Botanic Garden Staff on Otay Mountain

SDBG Science and Conservation staff members Tony Gurnoe and Rachel Sadowski surveying the Otay Mountain Wilderness for rare plants. […]

Ferocactus viridescens on Otay Mountain

An old and large patch of Ferocactus viridescens growing on a rocky outcrop in the Otay Mountain Wilderness. […]

Hosackia crassifolia var. otayensis

San Diego Botanic Garden Science and Conservation staff are surveying Otay Mountain for the rare Otay Mountain lotus. SDBG will be mapping all occurrences, collecting herbarium vouchers and seed, conducting germination trials, and growing out plants for future restoration and ex situ efforts. […]

Seed viability test

Germination experiment to test the viability of 10-year old seeds from the federally endangered fleshy-fruit gladecress, Leavenworthia crassa. Seeds were disinfected in NaDCC and Tween solution, then sown on a 0.8% agar plate, pH between 5.6-5.8, with 1ppm plant preservative mixture using a 1cm grid pattern. […]

Inspecting Geocarpon minimum

Meg Engelhardt getting a look at the very tiny federally endangered Geocarpon minimum. […]

Boltonia decurrens seed from 1986

Shot on an Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III with a 60 mm f2.8/ Macro lens. […]

Rhododendron canescens

Rhododendron canescens growing along a bluff, Madison CO. AL […]

Living on the Edge!

Surveying for the Zapata Bladderpod (Physaria thamnophila) on the bluffs of the Rio Grande (Dr. Brenda Molano-Flores, PI, seen overlooking the cliff) […]

Glowing Flowers

Fluorescent dye testing with the rare Texas endemic Zapata Bladderpod, Physaria thamnophila […]

Bums In the Air

Members of the MUN Botanical Garden in search of the endangered Longs Braya on the Limestone Barrens of The GReat Northern Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada […]

Braya Recovery Team In Situ

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Telephus Spurge, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Georgia

Euphorbia telephioides – critically imperiled Florida endemic, photo of potted plant days after being salvaged from imminent urbanization threat in Florida habitat. Taken with iPhone 11 and macro lens. […]

Georgia Aster, Conasauga Ranger District, Georgia

Symphyotrichum georgianum – rare southeastern US native with the largest blooms of its genus. Shot on iPhone 11 in-situ. […]

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