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The rapid reemergence of native species is an incredible site to behold in the following days and weeks after fire. Florida’s native species, both flora and fauna, have adapted to survive and thrive in fire-prone … Read More

Each year, the Rare Plant Conservation Program collects seeds from the ex situ population of Florida Ziziphus (Ziziphus celata) in the National Collection beds and sets up a germination trial to test seed viability. Along … Read More

The Rare Plant Conservation Program (RPCP) is collaborating with the Center for Plant Conservation for a statewide initiative to preserve seeds from species not currently represented in conservation collections. The RPCP has chosen three species … Read More

In July, Biologists Ella Segal and Haley Dole of Archbold Biological Station came to the greenhouse at Bok Tower Gardens to load up hundreds of Titusville Balm (Dicerandra thinicola) plants. The plants had been propagated … Read More

The Rare Plant Conservation Program has been on the hunt for extant populations of American Chaffseed (Schwalbea americana), a federally endangered plant in the Orobanchaceae family. Historically, this species occurred within fire-maintained pinelands along the … Read More

Crotolaria avonensis is a federally listed endangered species and a rare endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge. Its common names include Avon Park rattlebox, Avon Park harebells, and Avon Park rabbit-bells. It is known from … Read More

Japanese Persimmon Diospyros kaki Diospyros kaki is a deciduous tree that can reach heights of 20-30’ tall and can be as equal wide. Typically grown for their fruits, which are typically described as sweet- though … Read More

Amorphophallus konjac The best word to describe this unusual plant is “weird.” Voodoo lilies are also called snake plants and have large, divided leaves borne atop long, mottled stems (technically petioles). The fleshy colored blooms … Read More

In April, final tallies were made of the number of Brooksville Bellflower observed in each population in spring 2021. Brooksville bellflower, Campanula robinsiae, is a short-lived annual, germinating in early spring, flowering and seeding by … Read More

Have you been out and about in the past couple of weeks and had a beautiful white fluffy shrub catch your eye? If so, you were very likely looking at a fringe tree (Chionanthus sp.) … Read More