Plant Research

CREW scientists in the Plant Research Division have been working to propagate and preserve endangered plants from across the United States.

Northern wild monkshood (Aconitum noveboracense)

Shoot tips collected from wild plants in Akron, OH, were used to initiate plant tissue culture lines of Northern wild monkshood. This population has been particularly vulnerable to salt run-off from a nearby road and an invasive species. Tissue culture-propagated plants were produced in the Plant Research Division of CREW and were given to collaborators at Gorge Metro Parks to augment their population at risk.