United Plant Savers is a nonprofit organization based in Rutland, OH on 379-acre Botanical Sanctuary whose goal is to promote the preservation of native North American medicinal plants. [1][2] The group maintains an "At Risk" list of plants that are considered scarce in the wild in North America, such as ginseng, goldenseal and slippery elm.[3] The organization was founded by Rosemary Gladstar and a number of other horticulturists.[4][5] The organization encourages the creation of private land "botanical sanctuaries" across the country where at risk plants can be preserved and propagated.[6]
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