Warea amplexifolia Archives - Center for Plant Conservation

Studying Potential Effects of Climate Change on Rare Plant Populations

Posted on July 6, 2023 (July 6, 2023) by Shannon Fowler

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Clasping warea

Clasping warea (Warea amplexifolia) (Nutt.)Nutt. is a federally endangered and annual herb in Brassicaceae. W. amplexifolia is a Florida endemic that occurs in sandhill habitat along the northern half of the Lake Wales Ridge, an ancient sand dune that runs about 150 miles north to south in the center of the Florida peninsula. Sandhill habitat and its […]

Welcome to CPC: New Participating Institutions

Posted on July 12, 2021 (December 23, 2021) by Center for Plant Conservation

Image of Warea amplexifolia. Image courtesy of Florida Native Plant Society.

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Working with Private Landowners to Conserve Critically Endangered Plant Species

Juliet Rynear, Florida Native Plant Society Executive Director The Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS) is working with private landowners to help conserve critically endangered plant species. Two of our projects represent the importance and value of this work: the Warea Partnership Project and the TorreyaKeepers Project. Warea amplexifolia (clasping warea) is a federally-listed endangered plant […]

Preliminary Observations of A Population Augmentation of Warea amplexifolia (Brassicaceae) in Lake Wales, FL

Philip Gonsiska, Whitney Costner, Cheryl Peterson, Bok Tower Gardens Warea amplexifolia (Clasping Warea) (Brassicaceae) is an annual endemic to sandhill habitat in the northern third of the Lake Wales Ridge in central Florida. It typically germinates between February and early May and flowers from August through October. The main threats to W. amplexifolia are development […]

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