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Saving Rare Plants
It may surprise you to know that the future
of roughly one in five plants native to the Pacific Northwest is
threatened. Out of concern for these valuable and vulnerable
plants, The Berry Botanic Garden developed an internationally
recognized plant conservation program.
The Berry Botanic Garden was a pioneer in saving
seeds for the future. We maintain and continue to expand
the Seed Bank (now the Rae Selling Berry Seed Bank) for Rare and Endangered Plants of the Pacific Northwest,
a regional resource since 1983.
We actively partner
with public and private groups. Our work in the laboratory
and seed bank (called ex situ or off-site,
plant conservation) complements the work we do in the field studying
plants in their natural habitat (called in
situ, or on-site, plant conservation). Our successes include
reintroducing plants back into the wild, designing recovery programs
for plants in need of special attention, and contributing to plant
conservation efforts globally.
We make contributions to the science and practice
of effective plant conservation. We conduct rare plant research,
perform plant reintroductions, contribute to recovery plans and
much more.
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We are a charter Participating Institution in the
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