Join Roger Hedge for an online program about Indiana’s rare plants. From oak savannas, prairies, dunes, and natural lakes of northern Indiana, to southern Indiana’s forested hills, glades, barrens, and cypress swamps, our state has a rich biodiversity.  These and other Indiana natural communities support a spectacular array of plant and animal species, including nearly 450 vascular plants that are considered endangered or threatened in the state.  Many of these species occur on dedicated state nature preserves and other public lands. 

The Indiana Natural Heritage Data Center in the Division of Nature Preserves, Department of Natural Resources, tracks and monitors these rare species and high-quality natural communities.  Roger Hedge is an ecologist and botanist with the data center.  His primary duties include searching for and monitoring these natural features.  Enjoy an armchair tour of some of Indiana’s finest natural areas and the rare species they support.

This will be an online program using Zoom. Participants will register using Eventbrite and there will be a limit of 100. To register go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indianas-rare-plants-tickets-123747228291. Once we are close to the program date, you will receive an email with an invite to a Zoom meeting.

Photo: Roger Hedge and Scott Namestnik, Indiana Natural Heritage Data biologists, monitoring rare plants at Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge in southeast Indiana.

Photo credit: Joe Robb