Request for Revisions

In the hope that the Checklist will be expanded and updated, we will gladly receive constructive comments from any source. We kindly request that all such comments be submitted to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium. Mail can be sent to: Mark A. Wetter, Herbarium, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, 132 Birge Hall, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706-1381. Email can be sent to Wetter at mawetter@facstaff.wisc.edu or Cochrane at tscochra@facstaff.wisc.edu. Faxes (attn. Herbarium) can be sent to 608-262-7509. All comments will be evaluated and incorporated if appropriate. Revised versions of this Checklist are scheduled to be posted on the Herbarium web page (http://www.wisc.edu/botany/herbarium/index.html) on a regular basis. Technical questions concerning the structure of the taxonomic database should be directed to Merel Black at mblack@facstaff.wisc.edu.

Should you discover a taxon previously unreported from Wisconsin, or one so rare or local that additional records are of interest, please send a voucher specimen with label data to one of the major in-state herbaria, the two largest of which are: University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Department of Botany, 430 Lincoln Drive, Madison, WI 53706; Section for Botany Herbarium, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233. However, do not collect a specimen if the plant is known to be endangered or threatened, or if doing so would jeopardize the future of the population. Nor should orchids, lilies, or gentians ever be dug. A single flower and leaf, plus a color photograph, are enough to voucher their presence. Readers are requested to advise the BER, Wisconsin DNR of any Wisconsin endangered, threatened, and special concern species they may encounter. Copies of the Wisconsin Rare Plant Reporting Form may be obtained from the Natural Heritage Program, Bureau of Endangered Resources, Department of Natural Resources, Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707.