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Bureau of Land Management

Technical Protocol

for the Collection, Study, and Conservation
of Seeds from Native Plant Species
for

Seeds of Success

(Updated 17 June 2009)

Also available as Adobe Acrobat (PDF)* | Microsoft Word (DOC)

The Bureau of Land Management and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew developed this protocol in cooperation with the Center for Plant Conservation for the Seeds of Success Program. The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Western Regional Plant Introduction Station, in Pullman, Washington reviewed the protocol, and approved its use for collections into their germplasm collection.

This protocol is used by all partners in the project to make seed collections. If you have questions about the protocol, please contact plant@plantconservation.org for clarification.

1. Introduction (Updated 17 Jun 2009)

1a. Program Hisotry
1b. Program Goals

2. Training, Resources and Annual Reporting (Updated 17 Jun 2009)

2a. Training
2b. Resources
2c. Annual Reporting

3. Target Species (Updated 17 Jun 2009)
4. Storage and Distribution (Updated 17 Jun 2009)
5. Identifying Priority Species to Collect (Updated 15 Jun 2009)
6. Species Excluded from this Program
7. Requesting Species for Collection (Updated 17 Jun 2009)
8. Permission to Collect
9. Targeting the Population(s) for Collection
10. Sampling Strategy
11. Identification and Herbarium Specimens (Updated 3 Jun 2009)

11a. Verification by a local taxonomist
11b. Verification by Kew taxonomists for Shipments sent to the Millennium Seed Bank
11c. Nomenclature (Updated 29 Oct 2008)

12. Seed Collection Techniques
13. Field Documentation & Photos
14. Seed Collection Reference Number Format & Image Names
15. Care of Seed Collections after Harvest
16. Shipping Collections to Kew

16a. Packaging
16b. Species Restricted for Shipment to the United Kingdom
16c. Plant Health
16d. U.S. Phytosanitary Certificates
16e. CITES Species (Updated 3 Jun 2009)
16f. Arranging Shipment via Air Freight
16g. Shipment with DHL to RBG, Kew
16h. Shipment with FedEx to RBG, Kew

17. Shipping Seeds to the USDA Forest Service Bend Seed Extractory in Bend, Oregon (Updated 17 Jun 2009)
18. Program Contacts (Updated 17 Jun 2009)

18a. Main Contacts
18b. Seeds of Success Collectors Contacts
18c. Bend Seed Extractory Contacts

Appendix 1. CPC National Collection of Endangered Plants
Appendix 2. Field Data Form (Updated 19 May 2009)
Appendix 3. Shipment Invoice and Notification of Transfer Document
Appendix 4. Letter to Courier Service
Appendix 5. Seeds of Success Clearance Form (Updated 19 May 2009)
Appendix 6. Offices and Herbaria Selected to Receive Herbarium Duplicates from the Seeds of Success Program (Updated 3 Jun 2009)
Appendix 7. BLM Field Offices and Mail Stop/Collector Codes (Updated 2 Apr 2009)
Appendix 8. Frequently Asked Questions (Updated 3 Apr 2008)

Questions about Species List Assignments
Questions about Collecting

Appendix 9. References (Updated 2 Apr 2009)

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Last Updated: 17-Jun-2009