Looking Back at ILBBY Species Firsts

Illinois iNat users have compiled an impressive database of our state’s flora. As of January 2021, there were over 221,000 research-grade observations of 2,378 plant species.* And friendly competition among Illinois Botanists Big Year (ILBBY) participants is generating new finds every year. In 2020, ILBBY participants added observations for 207 species, ranging from bryophytes to naturalized non-native trees, that had no previous iNat records in our state.

When the first ILBBY competition launched in January 2016, only 1,225 plant species had been observed in Illinois. The chart below shows ILBBY participants’ month-by-month progress in adding over 1,100 new species (in green). While the largest number of new species are observed during the warmer months, a surprising number of species got their first Illinois iNat observation in the middle of winter. There were 15 new species in December 2020 alone, and the only months with no new species were December 2016 and February 2018.

Check out the Northeast Illinois Native Plant Society’s Instagram for highlights of the new species seen in 2020. The full list is below.

Acer griseum
Acer palmatum
Actaea rubifolia
Agrostis elliottiana
Agrostis scabra
Anemonoides apennina
Anomodon minor
Arachis pintoi
Aristida desmantha
Aristida dichotoma
Aristida longespica
Arrhenopterum heterostichum
Athyrium asplenioides
Aulacomnium palustre
Barbarea verna
Barbula unguiculata
Bazzania trilobata
Bellis perennis
Berberis aquifolium
Borodinia canadensis
Bothriochloa laguroides
Bouteloua gracilis
Calypogeia muelleriana
Carex aggregata
Carex brunnescens
Carex lupuliformis
Carex spicata
Carex tonsa
Carex vesicaria
Carya aquatica
Carya pallida
Chaenomeles speciosa
Chara vulgaris
Chloris virgata
Cladrastis kentukea
Claopodium rostratum
Coreopsis grandiflora
Crataegus succulenta
Cuscuta cephalanthi
Cuscuta polygonorum
Cyclachaena xanthiifolia
Cydonia oblonga
Cynosciadium digitatum
Dianthus deltoides
Dianthus plumarius
Dichanthelium boreale
Dichanthelium commutatum
Dichanthelium depauperatum
Dichanthelium lindheimeri
Dichanthelium meridionale
Dichanthelium praecocius
Dicranum scoparium
Didiplis diandra
Diplophyllum apiculatum
Draba cuneifolia
Dryopteris filix-mas
Dryopteris goldiana
Dumortiera hirsuta
Echinochloa colona
Eleocharis tenuis
Elodea nuttallii
Epilobium parviflorum
Eragrostis capillaris
Eragrostis frankii
Erigeron divaricatus
Eriochloa contracta
Euphorbia glyptosperma
Fagus sylvatica
Fissidens dubius
Fritillaria meleagris
Geranium incanum
Geum urbanum
Glyceria arkansana
Grimmia laevigata
Gymnocarpium dryopteris
Helianthus angustifolius
Helianthus microcephalus
Heliopsis gracilis
Heteranthera reniformis
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
Hypericum drummondii
Hypericum tubulosum
Hypericum virgatum
Ilex mucronata
Iris cristata
Juncus articulatus
Juncus biflorus
Juncus diffusissimus
Juncus secundus
Kerria japonica
Knautia arvensis
Lactuca sativa
Lechea pulchella
Leontodon saxatilis
Leptodictyum riparium
Lespedeza bicolor
Lilium superbum
Lindernia anagallidea
Linum striatum
Magnolia grandiflora
Magnolia macrophylla
Magnolia virginiana
Malus baccata
Melothria pendula
Mnium hornum
Muhlenbergia sobolifera
Muhlenbergia sylvatica
Myosotis arvensis
Noccaea perfoliata
Odontoschisma denudatum
Ophioglossum engelmannii
Ophioglossum pusillum
Oxalis illinoensis
Pallavicinia lyellii
Panicum flexile
Papaver rhoeas
Paspalum dilatatum
Paspalum pubiflorum
Pellia epiphylla
Persicaria setacea
Phegopteris connectilis
Philadelphus pubescens
Physalis angulata
Picea abies
Picea pungens
Picea rubens
Pilea microphylla
Plagiochila asplenioides
Plagiochila porelloides
Plagiomnium affine
Plagiomnium rostratum
Pleurozium schreberi
Populus balsamifera
Porella pinnata
Potamogeton amplifolius
Potamogeton berchtoldii
Proboscidea louisianica
Prunus avium
Pseudanomodon attenuatus
Ptilimnium nuttallii
Ptychostomum capillare
Pycnanthemum incanum
Quercus montana
Ranunculus bulbosus
Ranunculus longirostris
Ranunculus parviflorus
Ranunculus pusillus
Ranunculus sardous
Rhamnus japonica
Rhamnus utilis
Rorippa aquatica
Ruellia caroliniensis
Saccharum alopecuroides
Saccharum giganteum
Sagina decumbens
Salsola kali
Salvinia minima
Scapania undulata
Schefflera arboricola
Scirpus georgianus
Scirpus pedicellatus
Scirpus polyphyllus
Scleria pauciflora
Scleria verticillata
Sedum album
Setaria verticillata
Shepherdia canadensis
Solanum diphyllum
Solanum sarrachoides
Solidago buckleyi
Solidago rugosa
Sparganium androcladum
Sphagnum compactum
Sphagnum magellanicum
Sphagnum palustre
Sphagnum squarrosum
Sporobolus cryptandrus
Sporobolus neglectus
Sporobolus vaginiflorus
Strophostyles umbellata
Symphyotrichum boreale
Symphyotrichum undulatum
Syringa reticulata
Taxus baccata
Taxus cuspidata
Tetradium daniellii
Tortella tortuosa
Tortula muralis
Tragia cordata
Trichocolea tomentella
Tripleurospermum inodorum
Tropaeolum majus
Ulota crispa
Urochloa platyphylla
Utricularia gibba
Vaccinium stamineum
Valerianella locusta
Verbascum phlomoides
Veronica americana
Veronica chamaedrys
Vicia grandiflora
Viola eriocarpa
Viola macloskeyi
Vitis vulpina
Vulpia myuros
Wolffia columbiana
Zannichellia palustris

-Joel / @joelmc

*Totals cited in this blog post were run in early February and include species-level taxa only. Totals on the iNat site may differ due to the inclusion of hybrids and subspecies or due to changes made by users after this analysis was conducted.

Publicado el martes, 16 de febrero de 2021 a las 03:18 AM por joelmc joelmc

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