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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