Guided Preserve Tours

Available

Watch this site (Events Page) for a calendar of visits to NC Plant Conservation Program preserves.

Visits will be limited to 15 (open first to Friends of Plant Conservation members) and will be conducted by staff.

For additional details, see Events Page.

Richard LeBlond and A.J. Bullard identify grasses on a visit to Pondberry Bay on November 6,2011.

 Sagittaria fasciculata amongst fall leaves.

Status:  Threatened.

c.Katherine Schlosser 

Lilium grayi. 

Status:  Threatened.

Courtesy NCNPS.

 Pondberry Bay - a Carolina bay which is habitat for Lindera melissafolia (pondberry), Litsea aestivalis (pondspice), and Rhexia aristosa (awnpetalled meadowbeauty), all imperiled plants protected on this NC Plant Conservation Program preserve.   

FRIENDS OF PLANT CONSERVATION

• Conserving North Carolina’s diversity, especially our native flora and imperiled plants

• Upholding the regulations of the
  Plant Conservation Program

   

• Seeking stakeholder and other public constituency input when taking actions and positions

• Recognizing that issues have human and social dimensions, not just environmental ones

• Supporting and respecting the role of volunteers for the organization

• Educating the public about native plant conservation issues.