Mercer Botanic Gardens, a Harris County botanical gardens park facility, became a participating institution for the Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) in 1989. Mercer has worked with the ex situ conservation of the federally listed Texas endemic, Texas prairie dawn, Hymenoxys texana, Asteraceae (G2) and rare endemic saline prairie associates since 1986. Mercer’s in situ […]
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Plant at East Texas preserve site July 2017. […]
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Hibiscus dasycalyx blooming at a Montgomery County experimental site on July 2020. Image by Suzzanne Chapman […]
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Seed capsule on experimental reintroduction site plant […]
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Mercer Botanic Gardens, a Harris County botanical park facility, began endangered native plant conservation efforts in 1986 with the ex-situ conservation (seed banking and propagation) of a local federally listed species, Texas prairie dawn, Hymenoxys texana, Asteraceae (G2) and its rare saline prairie associates. Mercer became a participating institution for the Center for Plant Conservation […]
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