Flora
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Written from a regional perspective, "Flora Conservanda: New England, the New England Plant Conservation Program (NEPCoP) list of plants in need of conservation" contains plants growing in New England that are Globally Rare, Regionally Rare, and Locally Rare. It also lists plants that are considered Historic to New England (though they may exist elsewhere in the U.S.) and plants whose status in the region is yet Undetermined (more research is needed). |
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Flora Conservanda: New England Originally published in1997 in Rhodora, the Journal of the New England Botanical Club (Volume 98, No. 895), the list was to be updated every five years, but every ten years is now considered a better gauge of changes to our flora. Moreover, new research (the Herbarium Recovery Project, for example) is likely to provide information that will both add new species to the list based on their rarity in the wild, and remove others because they are considered more common that originally thought. We anticipate that an updated version of this list will be published in 2006. Meanwhile, this list remains the best guide to plants that are in need of conservation within the New England region as a whole. Please note that occurrence numbers for some species may be outdated; State Endangerment status and State Rank may also have changed. The latest State Endangerment status and State Ranks can be found at Heritage Program websites (see link). CLICK HERE to download the complete text of Flora Conservanda: New England in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. [SEE BELOW for more information on how to open documents in Adobe Acrobat.] NOTE:
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New England Wild Flower: Flora Conservanda - A special edition of the New England Wild Flower Society Journal was published to introduce Flora Conservanda: New England. Describing many of New England's rarest native plants and their habitats, with full color illustrations, this special publication is available online in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. CLICK HERE to download the complete publication. [SEE BELOW for more information on how to open documents in Adobe Acrobat.] NOTE: This is a large document that will take some time to download. We recommend a high speed internet connection. You may want to download the file to your computer for easier viewing. |
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The New England Wild Flower Society has received funding from the Stratford Foundation for a five-year project that will: (A) develop approximately 2000 keys to all of the families, genera, and species of tracheophytes (seed plants and ferns) growing outside cultivation in New England and (B) distribute these keys and the associated research through publications, symposia, and the World Wide Web. This project will combine current taxonomic research as well as the results of historic and recent floristic surveys with a web-based application. This project will provide the necessary framework (i.e., serve as a precursor) for the development of a new Flora of New England. CLICK HERE to learn more. |
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