Meet Our Shinn Grant Recipients - Southern Piedmont Chapter - March 2023

The Tom and Bruce Shinn Fund provides several grants up to $1000 each year to support undergraduate and graduate students that are researching North Carolina’s native plants and habitats.
In 2022, 10 students received these awards to support ongoing research. 4 of these students presented on their work and took questions.
Katrina DeWitt - Direct and indirect impacts of the environment on the native pitcher plant Sarracenia purpurea through plant morphology and microbial interactions.
Brandon Wheeler - Locust Pocus: Species Delimitation in Robinia of the Southern Appalachians
Merry Conlin - Status and habitat of Raven’s Seedbox (Ludwigia ravenii)
Ryan O'Connell - Assessing impacts of timber management actions on mountain heartleaf (Hexastylis contracta), a rare understory plant
The Charlotte region is home to the Southern Piedmont Chapter of the North Carolina Native Plant Society. Our mission is to promote the enjoyment and conservation of North Carolina’s native plants and their habitats through education, protection, promulgation and advocacy. #grants #research #nativeplants #ncnative #nativeplantresearch
The Southern Piedmont Chapter meets the second Sunday of most months during the year. Our meetings are both virtual and in-person open to the public as well as members-only hikes and other events.
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