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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">From Nancy Shaw - US Forest Service:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Hello,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">I am helping Dr. Sandrine Godefroid, Botanic Garden Meise, Belgium, with a study to explore germination patterns of alien species via a comparative study between native and introduced populations. The ultimate goal of this project is to establish whether introduced species show an evolutionary adaptation to their new environmental conditions and, depending on the results, try to establish the potential invasibility of naturalized species not yet listed as such.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">For this study, Sandrine will use seeds from several populations of target species, both from their native and introduced areas. Three of these species can be collected in the US, and I have included Sandrine’s comments on her current collections:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">*<span> </span><b><i>Berteroa incana</i></b>: I managed to get seeds from Romania, Hungary and Poland where the species is native, but I'm still searching for seeds from its synanthropic range (e.g. USA).<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">*<span> </span><b><i>Tragopogon dubius</i></b>: I have so far seeds from its native range (populations from Romania, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Hungary), but not from areas where it has been introduced (e.g. USA). <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">*<span> </span><b><i>Juncus tenuis</i></b>: I have seeds from several introduced populations in Belgium and France, and I'm searching for seeds originating from its native range.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The comparison of germination patterns under controlled conditions between indigenous and introduced populations of the same species has rarely been addressed, and the number of species taken into account in the literature is most often limited to one. Here, with this project, I would like to study several species in order to provide more robust results.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Sandrine’s request is for at least 6 US collections of at least 1000 seeds each for each of these three species.  If you can make one or more collections of any of these species, we would be greatly appreciative.  You could send the collection (cleaning not necessary, but perhaps remove leaves and twigs and make sure the seed is air dry) to me along with collection site data (location, elevation, plant community, soils, etc.):<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Dr. Nancy Shaw, Research Botanist (Emeritus)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">USFS Rocky Mountain Research Station<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">322 E. Front Street, Suite 401<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Boise, ID 83702<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Phone: 208-373-4360, Cell 208-501-6459<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="mailto:nancylshaw@fs.fed.us" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">nancylshaw@fs.fed.us</a><span> </span>or<span> </span><a href="mailto:nancyshaw@cableone.net" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">nancyshaw@cableone.net</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">I will work with USDA ARS to obtain the phytosanitary certificates required. Sandrine will obtain any required EU permits for importing the seed.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Thank you for your help.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Nancy </p>

<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#0c343d" style="font-size:12.8px">Leah Prescott</font><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Bureau of Land Management</span><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Plant Conservation & Restoration Program </span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px">Data Coordinator</span><span style="color:rgb(12,52,61);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><font color="#0c343d">202-912-7232</font></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/national-seed-strategy" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.plantconservationalliance.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Plant Conservation Alliance</a><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/native-plant-communities/native-plant-and-seed-material-development/collection" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Seeds of Success</a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>