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A common passion: Multiple agencies and volunteers unite to reintroduce goats foot passionflower to rockland hammocks of Miami, Florida

Abstract:

We conducted a reintroduction program for rare goatsfoot passionflower (Passiflora sexflora Juss. [Passifloraceae]) that was possible only through the cooperative efforts of 4 different agencies, one private homeowner, and several volunteers. The reintroduction program included surveying for and collecting wild plants, nursery propagation, and reintroduction to 2 locations within the historic range of goatsfoot passionflower. Reintroductions tripled the known population size of this species. Early results show that 90% of transplants have survived to date, with more than one-third of these reproducing.

Issue & Pages:

Fall 2007 Pages: 252-258

Article Download:

7-3NPJ315-323.pdf (PDF document)

Authors:

  • Jennifer Possley
  • Kirsten Hiines
  • Joyce Maschinski
  • Jane Griffin Dozier
  • Christina Rodriguez

Keywords:

reintroduction, Passiflora, interagency collaboration