In 2019, the Plant Ecology lab at the Jones Center at Ichauway initiated a conservation seed bank to preserve seed from plants that are rare in Georgia. This included a list of 35 species that are present on Ichauway and are considered to be vulnerable, imperiled, or critically imperiled in the state. Additionally, we partner with the Georgia Plant Conservation Alliance to collect seed from other rare species across southwest Georgia. In the first year of collecting, we were able to add seed from 23 of our target species to the conservation seed bank. In 2020, we expanded our priority species list to include species that are endemic to the longleaf pine ecosystem and are globally rare.