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The interface between rare plant management and genetics: conserving Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) in the Great Lakes region, USA.
Annals of botany - 28 Jul 2026
Pavlovic Noel B, Fant Jeremie B, McEachern A Kathryn
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Tools showing best conservation practices are becoming critical for rare plant conservation as populations become isolated through habitat fragmentation and changing ecosystem processes. We illustrate the importance of reintroduction and assisted gene flow, using reintroduction of the USA federally threatened Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri), a monocarpic perennial endemic to the western...
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