Michael Kunz, Director of Conservation at North Carolina Botanical Garden, shares research on Astragalus michauxii reproductive ecology to explain the rare plant’s low seed set. […]
Storyboard Contributed by: Rafael Urbina Casanova and Nora Gavin-Smyth, Chicago Botanic Garden Researchers at Chicago Botanic Garden been monitoring and managing populations of the Forker Aster (Eurybia furcata or Aster furcata) for decades. They observed that this species produced very few viable seed and sought to understand why. In this video, you will learn how […]
Storyboard contributed by: Rafael Urbina Casanova and Nora Gavin-Smyth, Chicago Botanic Garden In this video, we review key definitions related to plant breeding systems and the implications of plant breeding systems on managing the genetic diversity in rare plant populations. Researchers at Chicago Botanic Garden have created a framework for identifying mate limitation and guiding […]
Brenda Molano-Flores, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign, Sara Johnson, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science at University of Illinois: Urbana-Champaign, & Janice Coons, Eastern Illinois University Macbridea alba (Lamiaceae) is a federally threatened and state endangered perennial herbaceous mint. It is endemic to grassy pine flat woods and occupies a range […]