Right photo by Charles Webber, California Academy of Sciences Rediscovered in 2000 was creeping aster , a 12 inch tall plant that produces lavender flowers in the fall, was found along a roadside in Shawnee State Forest in Scioto County. It was last reported in Ohio in 1954. Also rediscoverd is villous panic-grass a prairie plant that has not been reported in the state for 65 years. See picture of the spikelet Plants found in central Ohio Gattinger's foxglove is another rediscovered species. An informal network of professional and amateur botanists, including several ODNR employees, made most of the year's notable discoveries.
Trails provide access to wild areas for both professional and amateur botanists.