3. TARGET SPECIES

The focus of Seeds of Success is on collecting species needed for emergency fire rehabilitation and restoration.  In the U.S., the Center for Plant Conservation collects and stores the seeds of rare, threatened and endangered plant species; and the National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, Colorado stores many accessions of crop relatives.  Both of these organizations are cooperating with the Seeds of Success program.

Seeds of Success manages target species information on a website hosted by the Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA) at http://www.nps.gov/plants/sos.  Ecoregional lists of species using Omernik Level III Ecoregions are accessible on the web to assist collectors in choosing target species.  Information on target species assigned to collecting groups is also available on the web.  These targeting lists track which SOS collecting group is assigned the one collection sent to RBG, Kew Millennium Seed Bank and which collecting groups are making restoration collections.