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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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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. […]

National Collection Spotlight: Florida Scrub Bluecurls

Posted on September 1, 2022 (September 6, 2022) by Shannon Fowler

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Details of Hairy-peduncled Beakrush

Collected seeds of a single maternal line of Rhynchospora crinipes as seen through the microscope’s lens, […]

Liatris gholsonii in full bloom

Liatris gholsonii in flower during the initial Site Assessment to estimate from how many maternal lines seeds will be collected at the time of Seed Collection. […]

DNA Banking Gholson’s Blazingstar

Atlanta Botanical Garden Field Biologist Cami Adams prepares to collect a DNA leaf sample parallel to the maternal line seed collected of Liatris gholsonii. […]

Gholson’s blazingstar in bud

Gholson’s blazingstar in bud […]

Rhynchospora crinipes Up Close

Under the microscope is seen a reference specimen from the University of West Florida herbarium to confirm the characteristic morphology of Rhynchospora crinipes. […]

Naples Botanical Garden Tackles Water Pollution Through Community Education

Posted on August 27, 2021 (September 1, 2021) by Center for Plant Conservation

Image of Harvey's Lake at Naples Botanical Garden

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Welcome to CPC: New Participating Institutions

Posted on July 12, 2021 (December 23, 2021) by Center for Plant Conservation

Image of Warea amplexifolia. Image courtesy of Florida Native Plant Society.

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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 […]

Conservation genetics of the endangered Apalachicola Rosemary, Conradina glabra.

Lauren Eserman, Atlanta Botanical Garden Conradina glabra, or Apalachicola rosemary, is a federally listed endangered species that exists only on a small area of sandhill in Liberty County, Florida. Forestry practices in the last 100 years have resulted in declining populations of C. glabra. In the wild, plants produce very few seeds, but small plants that resemble seedlings […]

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