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Arnoglossum album (bracts)

The bracts are in the budding stage with no observable flowers. These plants can grow up to 40 inches tall with this one being on the smaller side of about 30 inches tall. […]

Arnoglossum album (fruit)

This species’ flowers and bracts are clustered and held at the top of the stem with about 4-5 heads per stem off of the main stem. There are usually around 5 bracts per head. […]

Variable Leaf Plantain (Arnoglossum diversifolium)

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The light purple flowers of the Florida Milkvetch grow in tiny clusters at the tip of the stems. The leaf arrangement is opposite and the leaves are shaped like tiny hearts. Many of these clusters were no bigger than two hands side-by-side. […]

As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: Assessing Sites In the Field before Conservation Seed Collection

Posted on May 9, 2023 (May 11, 2023) by Shannon Fowler

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Ready yet?

Sarracenia purpurea var. montana seeds ready to collect. […]

Prehistoric seed collectors?

NCBG Technicians Madison Ohmen and Aria Searles collecting Oxypolis canbyi seed in a Taxodium dominated Carolina Bay. […]

Sarracenia oreophila in situ

S. oreophila pitchers during floral monitoring for a maternal line seed collection. […]

Data & Seed Collection

C. socialis […]

achenes of Clematis socialis

achenes at a site in Alabama are collected by Atlanta Botanical Garden’s Micropropagation & Seed Bank Coordinator, Jason Ligon. […]

Assessing Sites In the Field before Conservation Seed Collection

Storyboard contributed by: Jason Ligon, Atlanta Botanical Garden Making conservation seed collections often require preliminary field visits to a rare plant population prior to collection, known as site assessments. In this video, the team at Atlanta Botanical Garden outlines their methods for assessing plant populations to ensure that the collection contains representative genetic diversity without […]

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 […]

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Arnoglossum album (bracts)

Arnoglossum album (fruit)

Variable Leaf Plantain (Arnoglossum diversifolium)

Florida Milkvetch In Flower

As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: Assessing Sites In the Field before Conservation Seed Collection

Ready yet?

Prehistoric seed collectors?

Sarracenia oreophila in situ

Data & Seed Collection

achenes of Clematis socialis

Assessing Sites In the Field before Conservation Seed Collection

What Are You Willing To Sacrifice?

Euphorbia deltoidea ssp. adherens

Not An Early Riser

Paper-like Whitlow-wort – Enjoy It While It Lasts

Pinewoods Aster In the Bag

Small but Mighty Pinewoods Aster

Baker’s Tickseed

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