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DNR ecologist finds holy grail of rare plants on State Natural Area WI DNR The night before DNR Ecologist Ryan O’Connor left on his first extended trip of the field season to survey state lands for rare species and assess native ecosystems, his 6-year-old daughter Sophia wrote him a note. “Dear Dad, I hope you find lots of rare stuff, she said. Her note would prove to be prescient and good luck. While surveying a State Natural Area in west central Wisconsin, O Connor found a rare plant not documented in the state since 1958. Green violet, (Hybanthus concolor), was growing by the hundreds. 

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