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Native Seed Imaging Project
Bruce Leander, Wildflower Center volunteer photographer, put his considerable skills to the test this winter when he set out to chronicle hundreds of seeds of Texas species collected by the Wildflower Center for storage in the Millennium Seed Bank Project - a global plant conservation effort developed by England's Royal Botanic Garden, Kew. The process required the use of a high quality macro lens with extension tubes and three flash units to capture the beautiful intricacy of seeds of plants the Center hopes to protect from extinction. Staff member, Minette Marr, and a small army of volunteers painstakingly prepared the seeds and removed dust and debris to make the seeds camera-ready.
We would like to thank (in alphabetical order) Sam Elkin, Charlene Farris, Maggie Glazener, Pippa Gordon, Patty Koeninger, Betty Korts, Karen Langridge, Betty Mading, George Mading, Rae Minyard, Robert Neese, Susan Norwood, Sam Strickland, Guy Thompson and Janice Zimmerman who provided invaluable assistance during the photoshoots and on other parts of the project.
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |
| Escobaria missouriensis | Missouri Foxtail Cactus Plains Nipple Cactus |  |
| Euphorbia cyathophora | Wild Poinsettia Poinsettia Fire On The Mountain |  |
| Eurybia hemispherica | Southern Prairie Aster |  |
| Eurybia hemispherica | Southern Prairie Aster |  |
| Eysenhardtia texana | Texas Kidneywood Kidneywood Bee Brush Vara Dulce Palo Dulce |  |
| Fallugia paradoxa | Apache Plume Ponil |  |
| Fallugia paradoxa | Apache Plume Ponil |  |
| Forestiera pubescens | Elbowbush Stretchberry Spring Herald Desert Olive Tanglewood Devil's Elbow Spring Goldenglow New Mexico Privet Texas Forsythia |  |
| Fraxinus albicans | Texas Ash Mountain Ash |  |
| Fraxinus americana | White Ash American Ash Cane Ash Smallseed White Ash Biltmore White Ash Biltmore Ash |  |
| Frangula caroliniana | Carolina Buckthorn Carolina False Buckthorn Yellow Buckthorn Indian Cherry Yellowwood |  |
| Fraxinus cuspidata | Fragrant Ash Flowering Ash |  |
| Fraxinus greggii | Gregg's Ash Gregg Ash Littleleaf Ash Dogleg Ash Escobilla Barreta China |  |
| Funastrum cynanchoides | Fringed Twinevine Climbing Milkweed Vine Twine-vine |  |
| Gaillardia aestivalis | Lanceleaf Blanketflower Winkler Gaillardia |  |
| Galphimia angustifolia | Narrowleaf Goldshower Thryallis Narrow-leaf Goldshower |  |
| Garrya ovata ssp. lindheimeri | Lindheimer's Silktassel Lindheimer Silktassel Lindheimer's Garrya Lindheimer Garrya Mexican Silktassel Mexican Garrya Eggleaf Silktassel Eggleaf Garrya |  |
| Gaillardia pulchella | Indian Blanket Firewheel Girasol Rojo |  |
| Gaillardia suavis | Pincushion Daisy Fragrant Gaillardia Rayless Gaillardia Perfumeballs |  |
| Gaillardia suavis | Pincushion Daisy Fragrant Gaillardia Rayless Gaillardia Perfumeballs |  |
| Galium uniflorum | Oneflower Bedstraw |  |
| Geraea canescens | Hairy Desert-sunflower Desert Sunflower Desert Gold |  |
| Geraea canescens | Hairy Desert-sunflower Desert Sunflower Desert Gold |  |
| Geum canadense | White Avens |  |
| Gelsemium sempervirens | Carolina Jessamine Yellow Jessamine Evening Trumpetflower Poor Man's Rope |  |
| scientific name | common name(s) | image gallery |