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A network of world class botanical gardens dedicated to ending plant extinction.

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Joined October 2014
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Collaboration is at the heart of CPC’s work, and this month’s #SavePlants newsletter highlights some of the people, partnerships, & shared commitment that make rare plant conservation possible. 🔗 Read our October #SavePlants News: SavePlants.org/save-plants-o… #RarePlants #NativeFlora
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Another spooky October #RarePlantoftheWeek! Mountain sweet pitcherplant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii) is known from only 10 populations in the Blue Ridge Mountains of NC & SC. 🔗 Learn more about this species in its CPC plant profile: SavePlants.org/plant-profile… #SavePlants
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With free public resources, CPC’s Rare Plant Academy (RPA) aims to safeguard imperiled plants by advancing science-based conservation best practices — while also connecting & empowering plant conservationists at every skill level! Enroll today: 🔗 Visit: SavePlants.org/cpc-rare-plan…
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Meet the Horned butterwort (Pinguicula macroceras). Carnivorous plants are a specialized group of plants that experience significant habitat loss in wetlands they call home. Advocacy is a critical tool in safeguarding rare plants & habitats. 🔗 Learn more: SavePlants.org/advocacy
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#PlantTalkTuesday: Today, we’re defining Carnivorous plant species, which are species that have evolved to capture & digest small organisms as a survival strategy in nutrient-poor environments. 🔗 Click over to SavePlants.org and search “Carnivorous” to learn more!
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Meet the haunting Henry's spider-lily (Hymenocallis henryae var. henryae). To offset some of the expenses of collecting, growing, storing, & researching plant species, CPC created the #PlantSponsorship program. 🔗 Learn more by visiting: SavePlants.org/plant-sponsor… #SavePlants
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Ash Meadows ladies' tresses (Spiranthes infernalis) is a rare & imperiled orchid endemic to an area just east of Death Valley National Park. Infernalis is latin for 🔥 "from hell" 🔥 which is quite fitting. Learn more in CPC's past news digests! 🔗 Visit: SavePlants.org/news
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CPC's Applied #PlantConservation Course is a free resource that brings the CPC Best Practices Guidelines to life as an educational tool for those working with rare & native plants at any stage in their career. 🔗 Enroll today! Visit: SavePlants.org/courses #SavePlants
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Our #RarePlantoftheWeek is a SPOOKY PLANT—the Punta Gorda spider-lily (Hymenocallis punta-gordensis)! The narrow petals of flowers in this genus look like beautiful floral spiders, giving them their common name: spider-lily. 🕷️ #FloridaPlantRescue #SavePlants
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Meet Violet-flowered butterwort (Pinguicula ionantha), a beautiful carnivorous plant endemic to the Florida Panhandle and a focal species of the #FloridaPlantRescue, a statewide seed collections initiative. Learn more on our website. 🔗 Visit: SavePlants.org/florida-plant…
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Advocacy is a critical tool in safeguarding rare & endangered plants. Rare plants need YOU! Visit CPC's Advocacy page to learn more about what is being done to protect imperiled plants. 🔗 SavePlants.org/advocacy #SavePlantsfromExtinction
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It's #PlantTalkTuesday! A parasitic plant species is one that obtains some or all of its required water & nutrients from a living host plant. Hemiparasitic plants gain additional nutrients while also photosynthesizing. Search "Parasitic" at SavePlants.org to learn more!
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CPC’s 2025 Annual Impact Report is now available to review online at SavePlants.org! Learn more about CPC’s work & the lasting impact we are making together—which has only grown as we continue to make great strides in 2026 & beyond. 🔗 Visit: SavePlants.org/about-us/repo…
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CPC & our Network of Conservation Partners safeguard more than 60% of the nation’s most imperiled plant species through the CPC National Collection. Thank you for believing in this mission & for standing with us! 🔗 Read CPC's 2025 Annual Impact Report: SavePlants.org/about-us/repo…
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CPC maintains the National Collection of more than 2,739 of the most imperiled native plants in US & Canada through our network of world-class botanical gardens. 🔎 Discover rare plants in your region with our #RarePlantFinder tool: /Saveplants.org/rare-plants-near-me
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Our #RarePlantoftheWeek is Mountain Purple Pitcherplant (Sarracenia purpurea var. montana), a critically imperiled carnivorous plant found in bogs in NC, SC, & GA. This species is only known from about 12 populations 🔗 Learn more in its plant profile: saveplants.org/plant-profile…
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📷🌿 When you post to CPC's #RarePlantAcademy Photo Gallery, your images of imperiled plant species help the scientific community & the public to better engage with these endangered plants. 🔗 Visit the Rare Plant Academy Photo Gallery: SavePlants.org/cpc-rare-plan… #SavePlants
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Rare & imperiled plant species exist all around us. 🌱 Visit CPC's Advocacy page to learn more about what CPC's network of world-class botanic gardens is doing to safeguard rare & endangered plants. 🔗 Visit: SavePlants.org/advocacy #SavePlants #CenterforPlantConservation
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We’re hiring! Join the Center for Plant Conservation as our new Science & Conservation Programs Coordinator to advance our science & conservation programs in partnership with our Network of Conservation Partners. 🔎 Learn more about the position & apply: SavePlants.org/employment-op…
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We’re excited to announce that CPC’s own Tina Stanley has transitioned into a brand-new role of Conservation Partnerships Manager! Tina will lead the day-to-day management of CPC’s Conservation Partner Program. Please join us in congratulating Tina! #SavePlants
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