Pennsylvania Plant Conservation Alliance

Rare Plant Rescue Gardens in Pennsylvania: A Budding Concept

While the Environmental Review process in Pennsylvania allows the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to request avoidance of state listed plant species, the reality is that isn’t always possible. The Pennsylvania Plant Conservation Alliance (PPCA) is working with our partners at gardens and seed banks to pilot a new mitigation option involving ex situ […]

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Growing a Plant Conservation Alliance: Early successes of the Pennsylvania PCA

Since our start in 2022, the Pennsylvania Plant Conservation Alliance has been building partnerships. One such partnership with Longwood Gardens led to our first successful outplanting in 2023, creating a model for success that we hope to replicate in the future. Our work with globally rare bog Jacob’s ladder (Polemonium vanbruntiae) is setting the stage […]

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