Credits

The Morton Arboretum

Staff

Andrew Hipp
— project administrator; website administrator (2004–present)
Christopher Dunn
— project administrator (2001–2004, then Chic.Bot.Gard.)
Matthew Schaub
— technical lead, system designer and administrator; webmaster (2001–2004)
Nathan Schroeder
— data entry, and image preparation (plants, 2002–2003)
Jason Sturner
— species description writing, data entry, and image preparation (plants, 2002–2010)
Jaime Weber
— species description writing, and image preparation (plants, 2004–2009)

Field Museum of Natural History

Staff

Becky Schillo
— project contact (late 2010–present)
Bil Alverson
— project administrator (2010), technical advisor, education outreach, and specimen verification and identification (2001–present)
Wendy Biggs
— data quality control, image preparation, and editing (plants, 2005–2007)
Paul Bollinger
— specimen identification (plants, 2010–present)
Odile Dumbleton
— species description writing, image preparation, data quality control, and editing (plants, 2005–2006)
Wyatt Gaswick
— specimen verification and identification, species description writing, data quality control (fungi, 2004–present)
Patrick Leacock
— lead coordinator for fungi; web development and design; content development, education outreach, specimen verification and identification, data quality control, data editing, species description writing, image preparation, and checklist management (fungi, 2004–present)
Greg Mueller
— project administrator (2001–2008, then Chic.Bot.Gard.)
Lindsey Muscavitch
— image preparation, and data quality control (plants, 2010–2011)
Jim Pulizzi
— data entry, and image preparation (plants, 2001–2003)
Laurel Ross
— outreach, liaison with Chicago Wilderness and others (2005–present)
Audrey Sica
— data entry, and image preparation (plants, 2002–2003); species description writing, and content development (fungi, 2004–2005)
Sarah Thompson
— data entry, and image preparation (plants, 2001–2003)
Gayle Tonkovich
— lead coordinator for plants; system coordinator; content development, education outreach, specimen verification and identification, data quality control, data editing, species description writing, image preparation, and checklist management (plants, 2001–present)

Chicago Botanic Garden

Staff

Greg Mueller
— (previously FMNH) project administrator (2009–present)
Nyree Zerega
— project contact (2007–present)
Christopher Dunn
— (previously Mort.Arb.) project administrator (2004–2006)
Kay Havens
— project administrator (2001–2004)
Jennifer Ison
— species description writing (plants, 2004–2005)

Collaborators

Merel Black
— (University of Wisconsin) technical assistance

Identification Assistance and Taxonomic Expertise

Ihsan Al-Shehbaz
(Missouri Botanical Garden) — Brassicaceae
Lawrence Alice
(Western Kentucky University) — Rubus (Rosaceae)
Harvey Ballard
(Ohio University) — Violaceae
Robert Freckmann
(University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point) — Poaceae
Hugh Iltis
(University of Wisconsin - Madison) — Brassicaceae
Richard Jensen
(St. Mary's College) — Fagaceae
Emmet Judziewicz
(University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point) — Poaceae
Elias Landolt
(Geobotanisches Institut) — Lemnaceae
Laura Rericha
(Forest Preserve District of Cook County) — Salicaceae, Rosaceae
Tony Reznicek
(University of Michigan) — Cyperaceae
Ken Robertson
(Illinois Natural History Survey) — Amaranthaceae
Stanley Welsh
(Brigham Young University) — Atriplex (Chenopodiaceae)
Gerould Wilhelm
(Conservation Design Forum) — Salicaceae, Rosaceae

Image Contributors

Chicago Botanic Garden

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Field Museum of Natural History

  • Bil Alverson
  • William Burger
  • Patrick Leacock
  • Gayle Tonkovich

Illinois Mycological Association

  • John Denk

Illinois Natural History Survey

  • Dan Busemeyer
  • The Morton Arboretum

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    University of Illinois, Urbana

    • Malcolm Sargent

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