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Category: Plant Conservation

Planting Native Seedlings at Penny’s Bend

Posted on December 12, 2022 (December 12, 2022) by Emily Oglesby
At Penny's Bend, one NCBG staffer uses a power auger to create holes in the soil, and another plants seedlings

Last month, our conservation department, joined by staff from the NC Plant Conservation Program and volunteers, planted 700 native seedlings as part of ongoing restoration efforts at Penny’s Bend Nature Preserve.

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Conservation Success: Expanding Stillhouse Bottom Nature Preserve

Posted on October 18, 2022 (October 18, 2022) by Emily Oglesby
Map showing the newly acquired property adjacent to Stillhouse Bottom Nature Preserve

Thanks to contributions from community members, conservation organizations, and a grant from the North Carolina Land and Water Fund, the North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation will soon expand the scope…

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Smooth Purple Coneflower Downlisted from Endangered to Threatened

Posted on July 6, 2022 (July 6, 2022) by Emily Oglesby
Smooth purple coneflower (Echinacea laevigata) in bloom

In a shift that represents a significant milestone in the recovery of smooth purple coneflower (Echinacea laevigata), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reclassifying this southeastern native wildflower from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

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A River Runs Around It: Restoring the Rare Flora of Penny’s Bend

Posted on April 19, 2022 (April 20, 2022) by Jennifer Peterson
Duke University Environmental Management master’s student Lydie Costes leads an efforet to plant 800 seedlings of prairie blue wild indigo at Penny’s Bend.

Two hundred million years ago, before birds existed, or bees, or wildflowers, molten rock seeped into cracks below the surface of what’s now Durham, North Carolina.

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Restoring Glade Blue Wild Indigo at Penny’s Bend

Posted on August 6, 2021 (August 6, 2021) by Emily Oglesby
Glade blue wild indigo seedlings sit in trays as Garden staff and interns prepare to plant them in the background

This week, Garden staff and interns joined Duke environmental management master’s student Lydie Costes at Penny’s Bend Nature Preserve to plant 750 seedlings of glade blue wild indigo (Baptisia aberrans)…

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Restoring the Rare Sensitive Jointvetch

Posted on May 14, 2021 (May 14, 2021) by Emily Oglesby
Flats full of seedlings of sensitive jointvetch

Our conservation department is growing sensitive jointvetch (Aeschynomene virginica) for restoration at Lake Mattamuskeet, in cooperation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. This wildflower is a Federally Threatened member of the pea family that occurs in fresh and brackish tidal marshes from New Jersey down to North Carolina.

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Celebrating 20 Years: Millennium Seed Bank Partnership

Posted on November 19, 2020 (November 27, 2020) by Emily Oglesby

Led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this underground seed bank protects 2.4 billion seeds from all across the planet. At the North Carolina Botanical Garden, we’re proud to be one of only five United States institutions that are MSB1 primary partners.

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Saving the Crystal Skipper

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Jennifer Peterson
crystal skipper butterfly

  The crystal skipper (Atrytonopsis quinteri) is a rare butterfly. In fact, it is so rare, it’s only found on the Crystal Coast in North Carolina, specifically, a region stretching…

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Year One of Native Plant Materials Development

Posted on June 25, 2020 (June 25, 2020) by Damon Waitt

  In 2019, the North Carolina Botanical Garden initiated a Native Plant Materials Development (NPMD) project designed to provide ourselves and others seeds and/or plugs for natural area restoration primarily…

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Video: Bringing Back Piedmont Prairies

Posted on February 4, 2020 (February 4, 2020) by Emily Oglesby

  Our region, the southeastern Piedmont, is one of the fastest-growing population centers in the country. Historically, much of the Piedmont was covered by prairies – some with scattered trees…

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