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By Alison Grau | December 6Growing seeds are photographed at the Mason Farm Biological Reserve, a site of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, on Monday Dec. 4, 2023.
Growing seeds are photographed at the Mason Farm Biological Reserve, a site of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, on Monday Dec. 4, 2023.
Various rare and common seeds are sent to the North Carolina Botanical Garden for preservation.
Growing seeds are photographed at the Mason Farm Biological Reserve, a site of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, on Monday Dec. 4, 2023.
Various rare and common seeds are sent to the North Carolina Botanical Garden for preservation.
Growing seeds are photographed at the Mason Farm Biological Reserve, a site of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, on Monday Dec. 4, 2023.
Preserved Asclepias exaltata seeds are photographed at the North Carolina Botanical Garden on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023.
A freezer at the North Carolina Botanical Garden stores rare and common seeds. Some have been kept for over 30 years.
Various rare and common seeds are sent to the North Carolina Botanical Garden for preservation.
Growing seeds are photographed at the Mason Farm Biological Reserve, a site of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, on Monday Dec. 4, 2023.
Growing seeds are photographed at the Mason Farm Biological Reserve, a site of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, on Monday Dec. 4, 2023.