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Sarracenia oreophila in situ

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

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 […]

Euphorbia deltoidea ssp. adherens

Fairchild biologists tie tiny organza bags to developing seedheads on Goulds wedge sandmat (Euphorbia deltoidea ssp. adherens). […]

Not An Early Riser

West’s Flax (Linum westii Rogers) has adorable little yellow flowers that only open in the evening so surveys are best done in the afternoon, perfect for folks who are not early risers. […]

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

Paronychia chartacea var. minima) in full bloom along the margin of a karst lake, formed by the collapse of a cave. […]

Pinewoods Aster In the Bag

Eurybia spinulosa […]

Small but Mighty Pinewoods Aster

Eurybia spinulosa in flower during the site assessment in early August. […]

Baker’s Tickseed

Coreopsis bakeri, Baker’s tickseed, flower with a tumbling flower beetle (Family: Mordellidae) visitor. […]

As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: All in the Family: The Case for Collecting by Maternal Lines

Posted on May 4, 2022 (May 9, 2022) by Shannon Fowler

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What to Know Before You Go: Maximizing Genetic Diversity in Seed Collections

The goal of any conservation seed collection is to capture the genetic diversity represented within the target population and conserve it ex-situ. But it’s not always as simple as it sounds. Every population of every plant species is different. In this video we’ll discuss how we can use a species’ natural history to guide our […]

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

seed collection

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

As Seen on CPC’s Rare Plant Academy: All in the Family: The Case for Collecting by Maternal Lines

What to Know Before You Go: Maximizing Genetic Diversity in Seed Collections

The maturing seeds of Oxypolis canbyi

Mature seeds of Geum geniculatum (bent avens).

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

Details of Hairy-peduncled Beakrush

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