Funded Research Projects: Restoration Ecology and Environmental Horticulture

The Restoration Ecology and Environmental Horticulture interest group investigates plants, soils, and their importance in the restoration of ecosystems with respect to their health, integrity, and sustainability, and the sustainable management of human-altered environments.

Restoration Site
 
Biological control of invasive knotweeds in North America

Center for Plant Conservation National Park service project

Controls on conifer regeneration patterns (1909-2011) and implications for future stand development (2012-2061) in southwestern forests

Determining the suitability of candidate biocontrol agents for gorse

Development of a scientific knowledge base for Green Seattle Partnership

Ecological effects and control of Polygonum cuspidatum

Enhanced phytoremediation using endophytes

Enhancing phytoremediation using sweet potatoes from East Africa

Ex situ seed conservation for Bureau of Land Management

Expand and replace interpretive and wayfinding signage for Union Bay Natural Area

Garden audio guides

Identification and classification of Rhododendron powdery mildews in the Pacific Northwest

Inferring limitations on the invasive seagrass Zostera japonica from environmental characteristics and LiDAR-derived topography

LiDAR-based Leaf Area Index (LAI) estimates for urban forest carbon sequestration

Modelling particle film effect on photosynthesis

Monitoring and evaluation of final phase spartina eradication activities

Native plant conservation technical support

Native plant propagation program

Plant Urban Response Network: A global network of plant stress research in response to urbanization and climate change

Prairie habitat restoration for rare species

Promoting plant diversity in Pacific Northwest prairie restorations

Rare Plant Care Conservation Program plant monitoring

Restoration of Oregon white oak woodlands in the Swauk Creek Valley

Seeds of Success 2009

The effects of rotovation on fragmented biomass of Eurasian watermilfoil in Box Canyon Reservoir

USFS seeds collection

USFWS rare plant monitoring

Vegetation impacts of recurring fires on sagebrush ecosystems in Washington: Implications for conservation and rehabilitation

WA Department of Agriculture knotweed biocontrol project