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Species Profile: Chelone speciosa
Plants of Concern staff and volunteers monitor many threatened, endangered, and rare vascular plants in Illinois. A species in the latter category which has become a recent monitoring priority in our Northwestern and Southern regions is the
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Spooky Special: The Carnivorous Rare Plants of Illinois
Carnivorous plants are species of plants that attain at
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Posted October 16, 2025
What's in Bloom? October Edition
Welcome to our newest updating webpage: "What's in
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Posted August 5, 2025
Search for Woolly Milkweed
Article by Grant Fessler.In early June, native plant
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Posted June 23, 2025
Hispanic Heritage Month: The Rematriation of Ariocarpus fissuratus
Did you know that the Chicago Botanic Garden is part of the
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Posted October 16, 2025
From Observation to Publication: How Your Efforts are Informing Illinois Rare Plant S-Ranks & New Illinois Plant Watch List
In July, a team of investigators led by Illinois Natural
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Posted October 16, 2025
National Forest Foundation MAP Award! Engaging Community Scientists in Shawnee National Forest
This May, Plants of Concern was awarded a Matching Awards
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Posted October 16, 2025
Refinding a Midwest Endemic Aster
This fall in Northwest IL, Eurybia furcata (forked aster)
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Posted November 14, 2024
Artist Spotlight: Nancy Klaud
Northeastern Illinois
Left: Polygonatum pubescens (Downy Solomon's Seal - IL
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Posted October 3, 2024
The Arrival of Spring: Prairie Pasqueflowers
Left: Prairie Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla nuttalliana) in bloom
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Posted April 9, 2024
Lake County Rare Plant Recovery Program
Northeastern Illinois
Plants of Concern and the Lake County Forest Preserve
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Posted April 1, 2024
Another voice calling for the transfer of the Joliet Training Area to Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, the slender sandwort
Northeastern Illinois
In response to the Chicago SunTimes op-ed, For
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Posted February 6, 2024
Call to Transfer Joliet Training Area to Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
Northeastern Illinois
The Chicago Sun-Times published an op-ed penned by
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Posted January 10, 2024
Plants of Concern 2022 Annual Recap - Recording Available
February 2, 2023
Plants of Concern hosted an Annual Recap of the 2022
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Posted January 23, 2023
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