Acknowledgements
Core Institutions
Illinois Natural History Survey
Southern Illinois University - PhytoImages
Illinois Dept. of Transportation
Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources
University of Illinois
Individuals
Authors: Greg Spyreas, Ian Pearse, Dan Nickrent
Bioinformatics & Programming: Brandon Flowers, Phil Anders, Aidan Epstein, Mai Greenwood
ILPIN: Louis Iverson, David Ketzner, Jean Karnes, Anantha Prasad
Design: Danielle Ruffato
Occurrence Records
John Wilker and Jeannie Barnes helped us incorporate the original INAI database.
Brian Wilm, Laura Sass, and Scott Weisbrook helped us incorporate the IDOT wetlands group database
Tara Keininger and Jeannie Barnes helped us incorporate the IDNR Heritage database.
Jamie Minnaert-Grote helped us incorporate the ILLS herbarium database.
Connie Carroll-Cunningham and Tari Tweddale helped us incorporate the INAI Update database.
Juanita Armstrong-Ullberg helped us incorporate the Will County database.
Images
Kevin Nixon developed the programming for the PhytoImages website and helped link that site to Illinois Plants.
Mihai Costea, Gabriella Costea, and Peiter Pelser contributed numerous valuable images to PhytoImages.
John Hilty (Illinois Wildflowers) and Ken Robertson contributed missing species images.
Support
Andrew Hipp gave us valuable advice in how to link the site with external data sources.
Brenda Molano-Flores, Eric Ulaszek, and Jill Baty (JB!) helped with several aspects of page development.
Brian Anderson’s initial support and encouragement for the project allowed the ball to start rolling for Illinois Plants