The Indiana Plant Atlas (IPA) is an online resource that documents Indiana’s wild plants: http://www.indiana.plantatlas.org/. Based initially on data from the more than 40,000 specimens housed in the Friesner Herbarium (BUT), the site is growing to include records from other herbaria. Nomenclature is based on Kay Yatskievych’s Indiana Vascular Plant Catalogue (soon to be published by IU Press). Images of the herbarium specimens that document species’ distributions are present, when available. Other information on each plant includes rarity and invasive status, coefficient of conservatism and wetness classification values, physiognomy and common name. County-level check-lists can be downloaded. The IPA also has wonderful photographs of plants taken in situ in Indiana by local photographers. Feedback appreciated – Rebecca Dolan [email protected].
