The
New England Wild Flower Society is a founding member and active
participant in the Center for Plant Conservation (CPC). Comprising
botanic gardens, arboreta, universities, land management agencies,
and conservation organizations from across the United States, the
CPC works to save plants from extinction. Through its National
Collection of Endangered Plants, the CPC maintains a safeguard
against extinction in the wild. Participating organizations house
live materials, carefully collected from nature as seed, rooted
cuttings, tissue culture, or mature plants. NEWFS currently maintains
17 species in its seed bank of frozen and dried specimens.
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