Sean Prive

Wetland prairies in the Willamette Valley today occupy only 0.5% of their historical range. Those that remain often harbor remnant populations of once regionally abundant grasses, sedges, and wildf...

Just a quick note: I brought my lichen collections to Dr. Daphne Stone (one of the regional lichen gurus, and an overall fantastic person), and apparently one of the lichens I collected appears to ...

I've noticed that plant communities in ash swamps are largely shaped by how much, if any, water is pooling in a given site. I've also noticed that there is a stark difference between the amount of ...

I've noticed a pattern that I hope shows up in my community analyses: several rare and/or culturally important plants tend to thrive in the ecotone between ash swamps and wetland prairies. An ecoto...

My first bit of field work has consisted of identifying every macrolichen (essentially lichens that aren't embedded within tree bark) on my plots. It has been amazing! I've collected 58 species so ...