Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Archives - Center for Plant Conservation

Conserving Puerto Rico’s Rarest Ferns

Posted on November 8, 2023 (November 8, 2023) by Shannon Fowler

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As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: Raising Peas in Rising Seas: How an increase in soil salinity affects seed germination and seedling survival of the Keys partridge pea

Posted on November 7, 2023 (November 8, 2023) by Shannon Fowler

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National Collection Spotlight: Aboriginal Prickly-apple

Posted on August 7, 2023 (August 8, 2023) by Shannon Fowler

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As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: Florida’s Key Tree Cacti (Pilosocereus robinii and Pilosocereus millspaughii): Charismatic Megaflora at the Forefront of Sea Level Rise

Posted on July 5, 2023 (July 6, 2023) by Shannon Fowler

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Safeguarding the Rare Plants of the Sunshine State

Posted on May 11, 2023 (May 17, 2023) by Shannon Fowler

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2022 Star Award Winner: Jennifer Possley

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

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Environmental Education Outreach at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Posted on March 2, 2022 (March 3, 2022) by Center for Plant Conservation

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Long-term Conservation Efforts for the Endangered Key Tree Cactus

Posted on December 23, 2021 (January 3, 2022) by Center for Plant Conservation

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As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy – Spore Stories: Fairchild’s Rare Fern Conservation Program

Posted on December 23, 2021 (January 3, 2022) by Center for Plant Conservation

Screen shot from "Spore Stories: Fairchild’s Rare Fern Conservation Program" video

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October News 2021

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

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Spore Stories: Fairchild’s Rare Fern Conservation Program

Jennifer Possley, Conservation Program Manager, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden South Florida leads the continental US in native fern diversity, with about 60 taxa. Despite this distinction, the region’s ferns have been under-documented and largely ignored by botanists, managers, and regulators. Some of the barriers toward documenting, studying and conserving ferns include difficulties in identification and […]

Raising Peas in Rising Seas: How an increase in soil salinity affects seed germination and seedling survival of the Keys partridge pea (Chamaecrista lineata var. keyensis) a rare Florida Keys endemic

Screenshot from Raising Peas in Rising Seas video.

Sabine Wintergerst, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden The only known remaining populations of the Keys partridge pea (Chamaecrista lineata var. keyensis) are found within the imperiled pine rockland habitat on two islands of the Florida Keys. Like other low-lying islands, the Florida Keys are especially threatened by sea level rise. As a consequence, soil salinity levels will […]

Labeling Plants in Dunes

Jennifer Possley, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Since coastal dunes have constantly shifting sands, tracking individual plants over many years can be challenging. Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden began working with a federally endangered plant called Beach Clustervine in the late 1990s. This long-lived species grows only in the coastal strand area of coastal dune communities in four […]

Connect to Protect Network for Pine Rocklands

Posted on February 3, 2020 (November 17, 2020) by Caroline Iacuaniello

South Florida rocklands on Everglades National Park Long Pine Key Nature Trail.

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Conservation Champion: Jennifer Possley

Posted on August 2, 2019 (November 30, 2020) by Caroline Iacuaniello

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What did we do about our seedbank when Hurricane Irma was due to hit the entire state of Florida?

James Lange and Jennifer Possley, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden In the event of a hurricane, low elevation and proximity to the coast place Fairchild at high risk, and thus contingency plans must be in place to preserve our ex situ collections. Anticipating severe damage and extended power loss from Hurricane Irma, we took several measures […]