RARE AND ENDANGERED PLANTS

The U.S. Botanic Garden is one of many botanic gardens worldwide that actively participate in the conservation of endangered species by maintaining live specimens in their collections, studying wild plants at risk, banking seeds of rare plants, and introducing rare plants to the horticultural trade. As one of 62 repositories for plants that have been seized by customs agents through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Botanic Garden accepts and cares for orchids and succulents.

The U.S. Botanic Garden is actively involved in Botanic Garden Conservation International (BGCI).

Rare and Endangered Plant Highlight

Rare and Endangered Plants in Our Collection

UCN List of Rare and Endangered Species