2008 Ohio Best Plant Finds


ODNR Division of Natural Areas and Preserves - 2008 Ohio Best Plant Finds

OHIO'S SPECIAL PLACES

HERITAGE PROGRAM

INFORMATION

Mailing Address:
2045 Morse Road,
Building F-1
Columbus, OH 43229-6693
(614) 265-6453

For general information about the Division of Natural Areas and Preserves, e-mail your questions here.

The table below contains the best rare plant finds of 2008.

The Ohio Division of Natural Areas and Preserves congratulates the following individuals for making these great discoveries. Thanks to these people, and many others, we are learning more about Ohio’s fascinating natural heritage.

2008 Best Plant Finds
Species	Common Name	2008-09 Status	Discovered By:	County
Aureolaria pedicularia var. pedicularia	Woodland Fern-leaved False Foxglove	Endangered	Dave Minney & Rick Gardner	Athens
Betula pumila	Swamp Birch	Threatened	Rob Curtis	Summit
Botrychium lanceolatum	Triangle Grape Fern	Endangered	Brian Gara & Ray Showman	Hocking
Calamagrostis porterii ssp. insperata	Bartely's Reed Grass	Threatened	Rick Gardner & others	Lawrence
Carex limosa	Mud Sedge	Endangered	Rick Gardner & Tom Arbour	Erie
Carex planispicata	Flat-spiked Sedge	Endangered	Rick Gardner & others	Lawrence
Carex planispicata	Flat-spiked Sedge	Endangered	Rick Gardner & Tom Arbour	Adams
Celtis laevigata	Sugarberry	New	Brian Riley	Clermont
Coeloglossum viride	Long-bracted Orchid	Endangered	Eric Durbin	Henry
Cornus canadensis	Bunchberry	Endangered	David Kriska	Ashtabula
Crataegus uniflora	Dwarf Hawthorn	Endangered	Rick Gardner	Meigs
Cypripedium candidum	White Lady-slipper	Endangered	Rich McCarty	Adams
Echinodorus berteroi	Burhead	Endangered	Dan Boone	Pickaway
Eleocharis engelmannii	Engelmann's Spikerush	Endangered	Daniel Boone & others	Pickaway
Geranium bicknellii	Bicknell's Crane's-bill	Endangered	Gary Haase	Lucas
Lipocarpha drummondii	Drummond's Dwarf Bulrush	Endangered	Tim Walters	Lucas
Myriophyllum verticillatum	Green Water-milfoil	Endangered	Tim Walters	Ottawa
Oryzopsis asperifolia	Mountain Rice-grass	Threatened	Jim Bissell	Ashtabula
Panicum philadelphicum	Philadelphia Panic Grass	Endangered	Rick Gardner & Tom Arbour	Erie
Panicum yadkinense	Spotted Panic Grass	Threatened	Rick Gardner, Bob & Martha Pfieffer	Jackson
Piptochaetium avenaceum	Black-seeded Needle Grass	Extirpated	Rick Gardner & others	Lawrence
Platanthera psycodes	Small Purple Fringed Orchid	Endangered	Eric Durbin	Lucas
Platanthera psycodes	Small Purple Fringed Orchid	Endangered	Don Beam	Wayne
Prunus nigra	Canada Plum	Endangered	Brian Riley	Wood
Ribes missouriense	Missouri Current	Threatened	Dave Horn	Athens
Salix candida	Hoary Willow	Threatened	Rob Curtis	Summit
Schoenoplectus saximontanus	Rocky Mountain Bulrush	Extirpated	Dan Boone	Pickaway
Scleria oligantha	Tubercled Nut-rush	Endangered	Rick Gardner	Meigs
Scleria oligantha	Tubercled Nut-rush	Endangered	Rick Gardner & Brad Wireman	Scioto
Triadenum walteri	Walter's Marsh St. John's-wort	Endangered	Jim McCormac	Coshocton
Triadenum walteri	Walter's Marsh St. John's-wort	Endangered	Jim Bissell	Trumbull