The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is the state botanic garden of Texas and a field station of the University of Texas at Austin. As part of our mission to inspire the conservation of native plants, we have programs focused on pollinator ecology, fire ecology, and targeted rare plant species conservation through seed banking. One […]
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The Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) is in the process of constructing a seed conservation laboratory and seed bank. While BRIT has been active in conservation for decades and has partnered with regional seed banks to conserve rare species, BRIT has never had a dedicated seed laboratory on site. The goal of the BRIT […]
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Anita Tiller and Suzzanne Chapman, Mercer Botanic Gardens Mercer Botanic Gardens, a Harris County(HC) Precinct 4(P4) Parks facility is susceptible to periodic floods. Rainfall in the drainage basin of Cypress Creek, adjacent to Mercer, ranged from 35-50” during the course of Hurricane Harvey in August 2017. As a participating institution for the CPC, Mercer maintains […]