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Harvard Forest Research Project 2024
- Title: Seed Collection of Common New England Species for Storage and Germination at Native Plant Nursery
- Principal investigator: Alexis Doshas (adoshas@NativePlantTrust.org)
- Institution: Not Specified
- Primary contact: Alexis Doshas (adoshas@NativePlantTrust.org)
- Team members: Adam Kohl
Cathryn McDonough - Abstract:
Native Plant Trust, a regional, non-profit, plant conservation organization, is continuing a project to collect seeds from common, native New England plant species throughout New England. The plants grown from these New England provenance seeds are made available for use in property restoration projects at the local, state and federal levels, and for retail sales that support and fund plant conservation efforts. For certain species, we also conduct germination trials with the intent to improve and document protocols for germination and growing.
Each year we develop a list of target common plant species. If a population of a species on this list is present at a property, the collection will be of at least 30 seed heads, pods, or other fruiting structures from each population, but always no more than 20% of the seed produced by a given population in one year to ensure that the species is conserved at the site. The seed collected will be processed by Native Plant Trust, Nasami Farm in Whately, MA.
