Nature Notes: Over the Moon - Kittentails

For years and years and years, my daughter has longed to have a cat. We just received a call from a friend who has a kitten that needs a home. My daughter is over the moon with excitement! I, too, am feeling excited this week, not because of the kitten that will soon come to live with us, but rather for kittentails (Besseya bullii), a native and state endangered plant in Indiana. This week I will begin growing the seeds of kittentails in our Kankakee Sands greenhouse as part of an effort to try to reestablish this rare plant in the fens of northeast and north central Indiana…