Program highlights
- Collect information on all Threatened and Endangered, petitioned, and previous Category 2 plant species in the state (105 species) and other plant species of conservation concern
- Prepare Wyoming Field Guide text and graphics, and https://wyndd.org/gallery/ graphics, for all Plant Species of Conservation Concern and for entire flora
- Contribute to vascular flora documentation and interdisciplinary biodiversity studies
- Collaborate with Rocky Mountain Herbarium in representing Wyoming’s vascular plants
- Collaborate with experts in representing nonvascular flora (bryophytes, lichens)
Expertise
- Field research including surveys, monitoring, habitat analyses for all taxonomic groups in diverse ecosystems
- Identification, taxonomic standards and practices, in collaboration with Rocky Mountain Herbarium, Flora of North America, Plants Database and ITIS
- Biogeography and metrics of biodiversity
- Partner and technical committee participant with federal agencies statewide
2023 Program Focus
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Build information on plants of highest conservation concern via field research:
- Artemisia biennis var. diffusa (Mystery wormwood)
- Astragalus diversifolius (Meadow milkvetch)
- Boechera pusilla (Small rockcress)
- Ericameria winwardii (Winward’s goldenweed)
- Physaria pachyphylla (Thickleaf bladderpod)
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Compile information to represent current state conservation ranks in core WYNDD products
- Species additions to 2024 Plant Species of Conservation Concern
- Species deletions from 2024 Plant Species of Conservation Concern
- Any other species with significant ranking information changes
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Promote database expansion to include invasives, the native flora collectively, and nonvasculars
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Provide news and educational resources for partners and the public
