Research Topics by our Shinn Grant Recipients - Southern Piedmont Chapter - February 2024

Each year, NCNPS awards grants of up to $1000 to NC students conducting research on native plants and their habitats. In this meeting, 4 of the 2024 recipients will present on work that your donations are helping to fund! The presenters and their topics are:
Leigha Henson - AppState Master's
Warming and Precipitation Effects on Several Common Moss Species of the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Erin Eichenberger - NSCU PhD
Investigating populations and pollinators of Echinacea laevigata (Asteraceae) to further conservation efforts
Lydia Cox - Duke University
Herbarium collections assist with disentangling the effects of climate change on flowering phenology of native carnivorous plants.
Lauren Willhite - NCSU Master's
Long-term survivorship and species invasion post-restoration on Rocky Branch
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