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Nearly all of the seeds of Florida Ziziphus (Ziziphus celata) are produced in the National Collection at Bok Tower Gardens. The small, few natural populations are clonal or consist of the same mating type, and Florida Ziziphus is an obligate outcrosser. Most of the genotypes grow together in the National Collection, and open pollination ensure […]

Collecting seeds of Britton’s beargrass

Britton’s Beargrass, Nolina brittoniana, is a Florida endemic that is in the Agave family and both federally and state listed as endangered. It is a perennial with long, grass-like leaves and grows from a central clump. It is found on well-drained, xeric soils on the Lake Wales Ridge and north to the Ocala National Forest. […]

Rescued Scrub lupine seeds used for the IMLS project

Scrub lupine (Lupinus aridorum) is found on white sand scrub in limited area and just on two ridge systems in central Florida: the Mount Dora Ridge and the Winter Haven Ridge. Both areas are densely urbanized and have reduced the species to primarily one small, viable population on each ridge. […]

Florida goldenaster seed collection

Florida goldenaster (Chrysopsis floridana) (Small) is a federally endangered herbaceous perennial aster endemic to west-central Florida. C. floridana occurs in fire-maintained scrub habitat on well-drained, nutrient-poor soils, often in areas with a high degree of soil disturbance: trails, fire-lines, and service roads. […]

Clasping warea

Clasping warea (Warea amplexifolia) (Nutt.)Nutt. is a federally endangered and annual herb in Brassicaceae. W. amplexifolia is a Florida endemic that occurs in sandhill habitat along the northern half of the Lake Wales Ridge, an ancient sand dune that runs about 150 miles north to south in the center of the Florida peninsula. Sandhill habitat and its […]

Remya kauaiensis

Remya kauaiensis flowers and fruit, 7 July 2022 on Kauai. […]

Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia at the US/MX border

In the United States, the Baja California bird bush (Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia) is known from a single occurrence along the US/MX border, which has been previously impacted by fence construction. The restored plants are setting a lot of fruit this year. It is also found in Baja California, Mexico, where it is found all the way […]

Lakela’s Mint

Lakela’s mint in flower […]

Conservation Champion: Alexandra Seglias

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

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Ecologist Mike Kunz (NCBG) collects seeds of Sand Myrtle at Grandfather Mountain, NC. […]

NCBG intern Ashley Boyette collects seeds of Sand Myrtle for the IMLS seed longevity project. […]

IMLS Seed Longevity

Corbin Banua Collecting Metrosideros polymorpha var. polymorpha

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Spotless ladybug on flowering Florida Ziziphus

Collecting seeds of Britton’s beargrass

Rescued Scrub lupine seeds used for the IMLS project

Florida goldenaster seed collection

Clasping warea

Remya kauaiensis

Ornithostaphylos oppositifolia at the US/MX border

Lakela’s Mint

Conservation Champion: Alexandra Seglias

The maturing seeds of Oxypolis canbyi

Mature seeds of Geum geniculatum (bent avens).

NCBG intern Joshua Pil collects seeds of Geum geniculatum

Ecologist Mike Kunz (NCBG) collects seeds of Sand Myrtle at Grandfather Mountain, NC.

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