A comprehensive, collaborative project to recover 14 listed plants on the Channel Islands

Summary

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is the lead institution on this large, collaborative grant focused on conservation and recovery of 14 listed plants on California’s Channel Islands. It includes a variety of actions for these species: 1) determine the current status and population trends for 13 species through census and demography (life stage) surveys; 2) collect seeds from 12 species for conservation seed banking; 3) use seed collections of six species to produce additional (bulk) seed and start several new populations per species; 4) outplant new populations of three species from container stock; 5) conduct a soil seed bank study for one species; 6) conduct pollination biology and seed germination studies for one species; and 7) conduct a population genomics study of one species to assess genetic diversity within and between islands.