In October 2007, a
group of volunteers from the
University of Vermont and the Vermont chapter of the Nature
Conservancy reintroduced a new
population of Polemonium vanbruntiae
along its natural range in the Green Mountain
National Forest in
Vermont.
The reintroduction site was chosen based on habitat characteristics, such as an open-canopy, saturated soils, protection from road maintenance, and associated plant community. I continue to follow the fate of these reintroduced plants, and I am especially interested in the comparative demography of natural and reintroduced populations and to assess long-term population reintroduction success.
Volunteers help
transplant, tag, flag, and water plants at
the reintroduction site
Reintroduction
site in
June
Overwintered adult plant with
flower
buds in June 2008.
Last modified January 22 2011 12:14 PM