Fassett's Locoweed Long-term Monitoring

Post date: Feb 1, 2018 12:26:20 AM

Photo by Janeen Ruby

Fassett’s Locoweed (Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea) is a state endangered and federally threatened wildflower endemic to Wisconsin. For the last decade researchers at the University of Wisconsin have been tracking populations at a few lakes in central Wisconsin to see how they transition between life stages and how their distribution changes around the lake shore. More recently, Dr. Nic Tippery of UW-Whitewater has put in monitoring wells at the lakes to see how groundwater may impact locoweed survival. Join us as Dr. Tippery’s team discusses the results from this long-term project and the long-term outlook for one of Wisconsin’s only endemic plants.

What: Long term monitoring of Fassett’s Locoweed in Central Wisconsin

Where: Room 158, Birge Hall, UW Madison Campus.

When: February 13^th, 2018. 6:30-8:00 pm.

Who: Open to the public

Refreshments will be provided.

Please check this site for free on-campus after-hours parking options: https://transportation.wisc.edu/parking/Visitor_afterhours.aspx

Contact Kevin Doyle (kfdoyle@uwalumni.com; 608 358-8867) or Mary Ann Feist (mfeist@wisc.edu; 608 890-1427).