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Lab Hosts Forest Soils Conference
My lab hosted the 37th Annual Central States Forest Soils Workshop at Sewanee this past week (Oct 10-11). Disciplines attending the...
Oct 15, 2017


Vernal Pools Pub Featured in NPR Interview
The local National Public Radio station interviewed me last week for a story about our vernal pools research. The research, recently...
Oct 7, 2017


Vernal Pools Paper Published!
For the past fifteen years, I have been involved in an effort to promote the ecological significance of vernal pools on the Cumberland...
Sep 5, 2017


New Grant Supports Post-Bac Program
I am excited to announce my lab has been awarded a major grant from the Oak Spring Garden Foundation to fund our ongoing...
Aug 24, 2017


Botanical Gardens of Europe
I got to visit three botanical gardens this summer when I was in Europe: Berlin Botanical Garden, Oxford University Botanical Garden,...
Jul 7, 2017


Former Students Visit
Great visit with Toshi Tanuma (C'08) and Leighton Reid(C'06) this summer. Leighton spent several days with me working on two...
Jun 1, 2017


Tennessee - Alabama - Georgia (TAG) Plant Conservation Alliance Meeting
I attended the first ever meeting of the Tennessee - Alabama - Georgia (TAG) Plant Conservation Alliance on May 18-19 at Reflection...
May 18, 2017


Shelby Meckstroth Wins McCrady Prize for her Honors Research Poster
Shelby's honors thesis: "The Amelioration of Grazing and Sand Burial Through Physiological Integration by a Clonal Dune Plant" has been...
May 5, 2017


Students in Belize Program Present Posters at Scholarship Sewanee
Students in my Belize Program presented seven posters at Scholarship Sewanee on April 28. Posters were based on the research projects...
Apr 28, 2017


Lab alum and University of Florida Prof, Brett Scheffers, Publishes Paper on Forest Canopies and Cli
Brett describes his research: Dispersal has become one of the most studied traits in ecology and conservation as we attempt to understand...
Apr 10, 2017


Students Study Clonal Rainforest Tree in Belize
Coccoloba belizensis outwits a strangler fig by generating new sprouts outside the main stem that is being strangled! Basal sprouts...
Apr 8, 2017


Domain Flora Paper Awarded Windler Prize
The Southern Appalachian Botanical Society and the editorial board at Castanea announced today that our paper: "The Vascular Flora of the...
Mar 31, 2017


Dr. Evans To Lead King Farm Tour in April
Professor Evans will lead a walking tour of the King Farm site on the Domain that will expand on his talk he will give at Sewanee's 2nd...
Mar 15, 2017


The Tennessee Plant Conservation Alliance Officially launched!
The Tennessee Plant Conservation Alliance held its first organizational meeting today and voted to begin work on behalf of the state's...
Jan 19, 2017


Katie Kull Chronicles Her Experience Conducting Forest Research in the Journal of Sewanee Science
Katie was an undergraduate leader within the team of students in our lab that re-inventoried the long-term plots in Franklin State Forest...
Dec 16, 2016




