Rare Plant Forum

PENNSYLVANIA RARE PLANT FORUM

The 2026 Rare Plant Forum

Hello Everyone,

We are pleased to announce that the 2026 PA Rare Plant Forum will be taking place IN PERSON on Saturday, March 21st, 2026 at the Forestry Resources Building (Room 112) on the Penn State University Park Campus! This will be a hybrid-style meeting with both in-person and Zoom options available. More details will be available in the upcoming weeks prior to the Forum, including an agenda, Zoom information, and the list of species proposals being considered.

If you are considering a status-change proposal for a particular species, please let Jessica McPherson (jmcpherson@paconserve.org) know as soon as possible. The Natural Heritage folks are willing to work with you to obtain any necessary data and provide technical support as needed. You may also send suggestions for taxa to investigate to Jessica if you believe a plant’s status may need to be changed, but do not wish to make the proposal yourself. The deadline for submitting proposals is March 6, 2026.

We are looking forward to seeing everyone this Spring!

The PA Rare Plant Forum Committee

Mark Bowers
Steve Grund
Jessica McPherson
Scott Schuette
Stephanie Seymour

PA Rare Plant Forum
Annual Archives

2025 RPF Minutes

2024 Rare Plant Forum Proposals
The proposals are combined in a single PDF with each species book marked for easier navigation.

2023 Field Taxa List
2023 RPF Proposals

2022 RPF AGENDA
PDF of Taxon tables, listed by Group numbers

2021 Rare Plant Forum
2021 Status Change Proposals

2019 RPF Proposals PDF

2018 Summary of Proposals PDF
2018 RPF Minutes PDF

2017 RPF Minutes PDF
2017 proposals information Excel file