January 23, 2025 Plant Mapping Meetup
Jaime Frye
Here’s a little sneak peak: The extinction crisis and current rate of biodiversity loss necessitate more comprehensive plant collecting to better capture the genetic diversity of species in ex-situ collections. Government owned or managed lands are appealing to plant hunters – staff can often direct you to the plants you are seeking, and there may be an established permitting process. However, to fully capture the genetic and geographic breadth of a species, you may need to venture onto private property or onto property with unknown owners. How do you know whose land is whose, including in the field, and how can you gain permission to visit and collect? At Holden Forests and Gardens, we have been using hunting software called OnX Maps to plan and execute plant collecting trips targeting US native rhododendrons and azaleas growing on lands owned by a wide variety of landowners. For this month’s meeting, Connor will introduce the software and app, show how he has been using them for trip planning and execution, and offer some tips and tricks for plant collecting trips to less straight-forward properties.
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