Student Research Posters

Botanic Garden Student Theses and Projects

May 10 – May 30 2019

 

Jon Backus	Ecological Restoration Project Planning in the Union Bay Natural Area; A synthesis of restoration techniques for varying site goals
Ellison Heil	Restoration Appalachia: A Visual and Literacy Analysis of Ecological Disturbance and Restoration Potentials in the Central Appalachian Coal Fields
Arthur Hsu	Does Warming Temperature Delay or Advance Cherry Blossoms in Washington DC, USA?
Stephen J. Munro	The Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Garden at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks: Supplemental Historic Grounds Report and Management Plan for Inclusion in Lake Washington Ship Canal Project Master Planning
Alyssa Pippel	Amphibians of Union Bay Natural Area: Assessing and Restoring the Habitat Corridor

May 11 – May 31 2018

 

Jake Betzen	Bigleaf Maple Decline in Western Washington
Jasna Hodzic	What Mechanisms Determine Host Plant Quality?
Kyra Kaiser	A Seedling Identification Guide For Common Plants on Mt. Rainier and the North Cascades
Society for Ecological Restoration – UW	Applying Restoration Practices Locally
Sage Stowell	Plant habitat distribution modeling and gap analysis for select species in Washington State
Wen Qian Chua	Nursery Volunteer

May 12 – June 9 2017

Jake Betzen	Bigleaf maple decline in western Washington
Anne-Gigi Chan	Project management tool-kit and handbook for SER-UW restoration sites
Michael Freeman	Douglas-fir mortality and the potential loss of forest ecosystem services
Ryan Garrison	The life and times of the azalea lace bug
Mary-Margaret Greene	Designing curriculum for the SER-UW native plant nursery
Joanna Long	Creating a management plan for Janpanese knotweed in the Thorton Creek Watershed
Kelsey Taylor	Noxious weed garden loosestrife: rhizomes and reproduction prevention
Lila Westreich	Effects of non-native plants on native bees in the Pacific Northwest

May 13 – June 10 2016

Kelly Broadlick	Restoration of Native Sedges in Western Washington Praries
Anna Carragee	The SER-UW Native Plant Nursery
Nate Haan	Evaluating Three Host Plants for a Rare Butterfly
Dan Hintz	Restoration of a Dregraded Urban Forest in a Campus Setting: A Two Year Review of Work at Kincaid Ravine
Zachary Mallon	Arum italicum Control Methods
Devin Melville	Testing Tropical Endophytes as a Means to Promote Plant Growth in Temperate Agroecosystems
Nicolette Neumann	Designing and Installing an Agricultural Hedgerow to Restore Native Pollinator Habitat
Allison Rossman	Understory Vegetaion Response to Dry Forest Restoration: Short-term vs. Long-term
Regina Wandler	Designing a Continuing Education Program for Pacific Northwest Resotration Professionals

May 8 – June 13, 2015

Derek Buchner	When is Restoration Complete
Elyse Denkers	Yesler Swamp Boardwalk Installation & Wetland Mitigation
Alex Greene	Powering Horticulture’s Future
Dan Hintz	Restoring Kincaid Ravine
Malcolm Howard	Prairie Rain Garden
Nicolette Levi	Planting Pollinator Habitats at the UW Farm – Center for Urban Horticulture
Zachary Mallon	Testing Italian Arum Control Methods in a Greenhouse Setting
Daniel Sorensen	Geospatial distribution and genetic analysis of Cortaderia species in the Pacific Northwest

May 9 – May 30, 2014

Crescent Calimpong	Elwha Revegetation 2013: A Plant Performance Study
Nate Haan	Interactions between hemiparasites, hosts, and herbivores
Alex Harwell	The Restoration of Sweetgrass (Schoenoplectus pungens) in the Nisqually Delta: An Ethnobotanical Restoration Effort
Kathryn Hill	Effects of prescribed fire on the spatial structure of butterfly habitat in South Puget Sound prairies
Matthew Schwartz	Restoring Kincaid Ravine
Eve Rickenbaker	UW Student Perception of the Washington Park Arboretum
Kathleen Walter	Amphibian Use of Union Bay Natural Area
Christopher Wong	The Sisyrinchium Common Garden Study