PLANTS OF CONCERN - A CITIZEN SCIENCE RARE PLANT MONITORING PROGRAM

Plants of Concern engages citizen scientists to monitor the Chicago Wilderness region's rarest plants, assess trends in their populations, and provide important data used to conserve our rapidly declining floral heritage.

Plants of Concern is coordinated by the Chicago Botanic Garden, having strong partnerships with local, state, federal and non-profit agencies.

Since its inception in 2001, Plants of Concern has been supported through funds from the Corporation for Open Lands, the Garden Club of America, the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Illinois Department of Natural Resources (Wildlife Preservation Fund and Conservation 2000), Openlands, the US Fish & Wildlife Service, in support of Chicago Wilderness (administered by the Illinois Conservation Foundation), USDA Forest Service in support of Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, the Volunteer Stewardship Network of The Nature Conservancy (IL).