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Wis. Natural Resources Dept.: Volunteer Rediscovers Rare Plant Not Seen in Wisconsin for Over 100 Years
May 02, 2024
MADISON, Wisconsin, May 2 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on May 1, 2024:

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that a population of Maryland senna (Senna marilandica), a rare plant not seen in Wisconsin since 1911, was rediscovered in southwest Wisconsin.

George Riggin, a trained volunteer for the DNR's Rare Plant Monitoring Program, and Bridget Rathman, DNR Habitat Biologist, spotted . . .

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