Tree Gene Conservation Partnership Showcase

Alectryon macrococcus var macrococcus

Hawaiian Mahoe

Lead Institution

National Tropical Botanical Garden

Project Contact

Natalia Tangalin

Participants

DLNR Hawaii, Kauai Island Dept. of Forestry and Wildlife, U.S. Army Garrison Hawai`i Natural Resource Program, Hiipaka LLC

Targeted Wild Populations

HI (Kauai)

Other Distribution Sites

Hiipaka LLC, McBride Garden, Limahuli Preserve, Lyon Arboretum

Juglans californica

Juglans californica

Lead Institution

California Botanic Garden

Project Contact

Naomi Fraga

Participants

North East Tree, Audubon Center at Debs Park, Commonwealth Nursery, Grown in LA, Theodore Payne Foundation 

Targeted Wild Populations

CA

Other Distribution Sites

Fullerton Arboretum, UC Riverside Botanical Gardens, Los Angeles Arboretum, Ventura Botanical Gardens, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, San Diego Botanical Garden 

Juglans cinerea

Juglans cinerea

Lead Institution

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Project Contact

Amanda Weise

Participants

Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, US Forest Service Northern Research Station

Targeted Wild Populations

IA, MN, WI

Other Distribution Sites

Lauritzen Gardens, Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum

Juglans major

Arizona Walnut

Lead Institution

Huntington Botanical Gardens

Project Contact

Raquel Folgado

Participants

Morton Arboretum, Peckerwood Garden, San Diego Botanic Garden

Targeted Wild Populations

CA

Other Distribution Sites

University of California-Riverside

Lyonothamnus floribundus ssp floribundus

Santa Catalina Island ironwood

Lead Institution

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Project Contact

Elizabeth Collins

Participants

Catalina Island Conservancy

Targeted Wild Populations

CA

Other Distribution Sites

Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, San Francisco Botanical Garden, Tilden Regional Park Botanic Garden, University of California Botanical Garden

Magnolia portoricensis

Puerto Rico magnolia

Lead Institution

Huntington Botanical Gardens

Project Contact

Sean Lahmeyer

Participants

Vallarta Botanical Garden

Targeted Wild Populations

Puerto Rico

Other Distribution Sites

Pontificia Universidad Catolica, San Francisco Botanical Garden, Longwood Gardens

Magnolia pyramidata

pyramid magnolia

Lead Institution

Morton Arboretum

Project Contact

Matt Lobdell

Participants

Atlanta Botanical Garden, Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories and Arboretum, Chicago Botanic Garden, Mercer Arboretum, University of Florida North Research and Education Center

Targeted Wild Populations

FL,AL,MS,TX, GA

Other Distribution Sites

Magnolia virginiana var virginiana (northern populations)

sweetbay magnolia

Lead Institution

Morton Arboretum

Project Contact

Joe Rothleutner

Participants

Chicago Botanic Garden, Longwood Gardens, Morris Arboretum, Mt Cuba Center

Targeted Wild Populations

PA, NJ, NY

Other Distribution Sites

Melicope rostrata 

beaked melicope 

Lead Institution

National Tropical Botanical Garden 

Project Contact

Seana Walsh

Participants

Hawaii Dept of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Plant Extinction Prevention Program, Montgomery Botanical Center 

Targeted Wild Populations

HI – Kauai

Other Distribution Sites

Ochrosia kauaiensis

Kauai yellowwood

Lead Institution

National Tropical Botanical Garden

Project Contact

Seana Walsh

Participants

Hawaii Dept of Land and Natural Resources, Montgomery Botanical Center

Targeted Wild Populations

HI – Kauai

Other Distribution Sites

Kahanu Garden, Limahuli Garden & Preserve, McBride Garden, Montgomery Botanical Center, The Kampong

Pritchardia minor

Alakai Swamp pritchardia, loulu palm

Lead Institution

National Tropical Botanical Garden

Project Contact

Seana Walsh

Participants

Hawaii Dept of Land and Natural Resources, Montgomery Botanical Center, San Francisco Botanical Garden, Waimea Valley Arboretum & Botanical Garden

Targeted Wild Populations

HI

Other Distribution Sites

Kahanu Garden, McBride Garden, Montgomery Botanical Center, San Francisco Botanical Garden

Quercus – Trans Pecos

trans-Pecos oaks

Lead Institution

UC Davis Arboretum & Public Garden

Project Contact

Shannon Still

Participants

Texas Arboretum at LBJ Wildflower Center

Targeted Wild Populations

TX

Other Distribution Sites

Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories & Arboretum, Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center & Botanical Gardens

Quercus acerifolia

maple-leaved oak

Lead Institution

Dawes Arboretum

Project Contact

Richard Larson

Participants

Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Mount Magazine State Park, Morton Arboretum

Targeted Wild Populations

AR

Quercus ajoensis

Ajo Mountain scrub oak

Lead Institution

Huntington Botanical Gardens

Project Contact

Raquel Folgado

Participants

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Green Diamond Resource Company

Targeted Wild Populations

AZ

Other Distribution Sites

Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Starhill Forest Arboretum

Quercus arkansana & Aesculus parviflora

Arkansas oak & bottlebrush buckeye

Lead Institution

Missouri Botanical Garden

Project Contact

Jared Chauncey

Participants

Bellefontaine Cemetery & Arboretum, Donald E Davis Arboretum

Targeted Wild Populations

AL, FL, GA, MS (also SC for Aesculus)

Other Distribution Sites

Bok Tower Gardens, Brenton Arboretum, Dawes Arboretum, Mercer Arboretum, Morton Arboretum

Quercus boyntonii

Boynton oak

Lead Institution

Huntsville Botanical Garden

Project Contact

Tracy Cook

Participants

Auburn University Davis Arboretum, Alabana Natural Heritage Program, Oak Mountain State Park, EBSCO Industries, Forever Wild, The City of Hoover, Camp Winnataska, AL Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, The Morton Arboretum

Targeted Wild Populations

AL – Autauga, Blount, Etowah, Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair counties

Other Distribution Sites

Atlanta Botanical Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden, The Morton Arboretum, Birmingham Botanical Garden, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Athens State University, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Alabama Cooperative Extension, USDA Agricultural Research Station, Longleaf Botanical Gardens

Quercus cedrocensis

Cedros Island oak

Lead Institution

California Botanic Garden

Project Contact

Cheryl Birker

Participants

N/A

Targeted Wild Populations

CA

Other Distribution Sites

Fullerton Arboretum, Mildred Mathias Botanic Garden, San Diego Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, University of California Botanical Garden

Quercus dumosa 

coastal sage scrub oak

Lead Institution

California Botanic Garden

Project Contact

Evan Meyer and Abby Meyer

Participants

Botanic Gardens Conservation International – US 

Targeted Wild Populations

CA – Orange, Santa Barbara, San Diego counties

Other Distribution Sites

Huntington Botanical Gardens, UC Davis Arboretum, UC Fullerton, University of California Botanical Garden

Quercus georgiana

Georgia oak

Lead Institution

Morton Arboretum

Project Contact

Murphy Westwood

Participants

Donald E Davis Arboretum, Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance

Targeted Wild Populations

AL, GA

Other Distribution Sites

Atlanta Botanical Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden, Huntington Botanical Gardens, Tulsa Botanic Garden

Quercus havardii

Havard oak

Lead Institution

Morton Arboretum

Project Contact

Sean Hoban

Participants

Fort Lewis College Herbarium, Texas Arboretum & LBJ Wildflower Center, Trees That Please Nursery, University of Colorado, Texas Tech University

Targeted Wild Populations

TX, UT

Other Distribution Sites

Chicago Botanic Garden, Starhill Forest Arboretum, Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Denver Botanic Gardens, Red Butte Garden & Arboretum, UC Davis Arboretum

Quercus oglethorpensis

Oglethorpe oak

Lead Institution

Morton Arboretum

Project Contact

Matt Lobdell

Participants

Donald E Davis Arboretum, Peckerwood Garden, Tulsa Botanic Garden

Targeted Wild Populations

MS, AL, SC – Piedmont

Other Distribution Sites

Chicago Botanic Garden,Polly Hill Arboretum, Starhill Forest Arboretum, Holden Arboretum, Moore Farms Botanical Garden, Tulsa Botanic Garden

Quercus palmeri

Palmer oak

Lead Institution

Huntington Botanical Garden

Project Contact

Rachel Folgado

Participants

Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum, UC Davis Arboretum

Targeted Wild Populations

AZ, CA

Other Distribution Sites

Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Morton Arboretum, Peckerwood Garden, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, San Diego Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Quercus sadleriana

COMMON NAME

Sadler oak

Denver Botanic Gardens

Project Contact

Alexandra Seglias

Participants

TBD

Targeted Wild Populations

CA

Other Distribution Sites

Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories and Arboretum, Chicago Botanic Garden, Morris Arboretum

Quercus toumeyi

Toumey oak

Lead Institution

Huntington Botanical Gardens

Project Contact

Raquel Folgado

Participants

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Targeted Wild Populations

AZ

Other Distribution Sites

Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Starhill Forest Arboretum

Zamia integrifolia

Florida arrowroot

Lead Institution

Montgomery Botanical Center

Project Contact

Patrick Griffith

Participants

Peckerwood Garden, USDA-NRCS East National Technology Support Center

Targeted Wild Populations

FL, GA

Other Distribution Sites

Ganna Walska Lotusland, National Tropical Botanical Garden, University of California Botanical Garden in Berkeley