Capsules of Sand Myrtle […]
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Liatris gholsonii in full bloom
Liatris gholsonii in flower during the initial Site Assessment to estimate from how many maternal lines seeds will be collected at the time of Seed Collection. […]
Gholson’s blazingstar in bud
Gholson’s blazingstar in bud […]
Ripe fruits of Vaccinium sempervirens (Rayner’s Blueberry).
Ripe fruits of Vaccinium sempervirens (Rayner\’s Blueberry). […]
Ripe fruits of Vaccinium sempervirens (Rayner\’s Blueberry) […]
Solidago plumosa (Yadkin River Goldenrod) in fruit in the rocky scour of the Yadkin River, NC. […]
Seed collections for Hudsonia montana
Seed collections for Hudsonia montana in Linville Gorge, NC. […]
Seed viability Hawai‘i’s foundational-ʻōhi‘ trees linked environmental variables
Nina Rønsted, National Tropical Botanical Garden Climate can play a critical role in plant physiological processes at all life stages, but investigations into climate effects often focus on only adult life stages. However, climate can influence seed development and germination, which can in turn strongly affect community dynamics. Native Hawaiian Metrosideros spp. (Myrtaceae; ʻōhi‘a,; 13 […]
Data Sharing in Support of Collaborative Plant Conservation: A Case Study from California Plant Rescue.
Katherine D. Heineman, Christa Horn, Naomi Fraga, Cheryl Sevilla, Heather Schneider, Vanessa Handley, Holly Forbes, Brett Hall, Evan Meyer, Tony Gunroe, Shannon Still, David Magney, Stacy Anderson, Bart O’Brien, Joyce Maschinski Center for Plant Conservation, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, University of California Botanic […]
Sula Vanderplank Collecting Salvia brandegeei seed in Baja California
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Seed Collector Tobin Weatherson Recording Field Data
Tobin Weatherson from the San Diego Zoo Native Plant Seed Bank Collecting Field Data […]
Reversing regional extinction: Recovery of golden paintbrush in Oregon
Tom Kaye, Institute for Applied Ecology Golden paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta) is listed as threatened and has become regionally extinct in the southern portion of its range due to habitat conversion. A few wild populations remain in Washington and British Columbia. Efforts to conserve the species in Oregon have emphasized wild seed collection across multiple remnant WA […]
Special considerations in the seed collections of two NC rare plant species
Recently updated Best Plant Conservation Practices to Support Species Survival in the Wild detail guidelines for seed collection of rare plants. These include multiple aspects to consider in making seed collections regarding target species characteristics, collection timing, seed collection amount, population genetics and maintaining site quality. Here we outline seed collections for two species for […]
Data Sharing: How Effectively Can Collectors Find Data on Existing Seed Collections
Michael Way (Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK), Clara Holmes (Greenbelt Native Plant Center, USA), and Sean Hoban (The Morton Arboretum) In 2017, we established a ‘gap analysis working group’ to assess and report the availability and usefulness of online native seed collection data from seven leading online data sources in order to help native seed […]
Seed conservation of Abies bracteata at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden
Cheryl Birker, Seed Conservation Program Manager and Evan Meyer, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Abies bracteata(Bristlecone fir; Santa Lucia fir) is a 12-30 meter tall tree restricted to a small, wildfire prone range in the Santa Lucia Mountains on the central coast of California. While several botanical gardens maintain living specimens, it remains rare in […]