Native Plants
As a service to the public, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center collects information on native plant societies, conservation groups, governmental agencies, botanical gardens, arboreta, and other plant-related organizations throughout North America. Click here to add your organization to the directory. Affiliates are organizations that partner with the Wildflower Center to encourage the preservation and use of native plants in different regions of the country.
Cactus Conservation Institute, Inc.
Address: 909 E. Sul Ross Ave.
Alpine, TX 79830
Region: Southwest
Phone: 432-837-8113 and 432-837-5464
Web: www.cactusconservation.org
Organization Scope: International
Organization Type: Plant Research Center
Services this organization provides
- Inventory and/or monitor endangered/rare species
- Work on restoration projects
- Natural habitat management
- Conducts research
- Publish research
- Provide educational programming
Native Plant Focus: CCI's conservation focus is on the scientific monitoring and habitat restoration of vulnerable species of cacti, and at present most of our effort is on Astrophytum asterias (star cactus) and the genus Lophophora williamsii (peyote) and its Mexican endemic congeners.
Publications: Terry M and Mauseth JD. 2006. Root-shoot anatomy and post-harvest vegetative clonal development in Lophophora williamsii (Cactaceae: Cacteae): Implications for conservation. Sida, Contributions to Botany 22: 565-592. Terry M, Steelman KL , Guilders
Description: The Cactus Conservation Institute is dedicated to the study and preservation of vulnerable cacti in their natural range – starting with peyote and star cactus. To accomplish this vision the latest techniques are being applied to understand these vulnerable hunted species, from their DNA up. All interests are being respected: the regulatory agencies, the Native American Church, the ranchers, as well as the scientific community.
Last Update: 2007-12-07
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