Plants on the Edge: Monitoring rare disjunct and range-edge species on Lake Superior islands

Presented by: Dr. Sarah Johnson, Associate Professor of Natural Resources, Northland College
Plant of the Month:  Bistorta alpina, the alpine bistort – Presented by Scott Milburn

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Sarah Johnson, Associate Professor of Natural Resources at Northland College, will present on her collaborative work with the National Park Service to monitor rare coastal plants around the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore and Isle Royale National Park. Rocky coastlines of these Lake Superior archipelagos provide habitat for many range-edge species, including several Arctic/alpine disjunct species. Sarah will share photos and key insights from this work, including the status and trends in populations of some of the rarest species in the western Lake Superior region.

Presenter Bio:  Sarah Johnson teaches field botany, wetlands, and natural history courses at Northland College. Sarah is the co-chair of the Plants and Natural Communities Working Group for the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts. She earned a Ph.D. in Botany at UW-Madison.