Elisabeth C. Miller Library
Student Research Presentations
Student Plant Scholarship Exhibit 2021
We are now accepting submissions for the 2021 Student Plant Scholarship Exhibit! This is an opportunity to share your research, ideas, and enthusiasm in a condensed, eye-catching format for a general, but plant devoted audience.
The process is simple. Design a digital poster or create a video presentation that is:
- focused on plants in the wild or in managed landscapes
- easily read (not too big) across various platforms
- intended for a plant-loving, general audience – not just academics
- all UW students are welcome, undergraduate and graduate
- group submissions welcomed
- must include the creator’s name, college (or school, or department), and a date (month/year)
Please send submissions, or any questions, to hortlib@uw.edu by Friday, April 30, 2021. The exhibit will open on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.
Past Student Posters
Botanic Garden Student Theses and Projects
Student Plant Scholarship Exhibit 2020
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- Coast Salish Indigenous Plants by Kristi Park and Vanessa Lee
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- Differential Effects of Winter and Spring Warming on the Timing of Cherry Blossoms across a Latitudinal Gradient by Arthur Hsin-Wu Hsu, Kyungdahm Yun, and Soo-Hyung Kim
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- A Bouquet of Benefits by Elizabeth Housley, video presentation
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- MLK Way Phytoremediation Boulevard by Erynne van Zee, audio presentation
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- Fungus Among Us by Nikoli Stevens, audio presentation
| Elizabeth Housley | A Bouquet of Benefits |
| Arthur Hsu | Differential Effects of Winter and Spring Warming on the Timing of Cherry Blossoms across a Latitudinal Gradient |
| Kristi Park, Vanessa Lee and LA322 and LA422 students | Coast Salish Indigenous Plants |
| Nikoli Stevens | Fungus Among Us |
| Erynne Van Zee | MLK Way Phytoremediation Boulevard |
May 10 – May 30 2019
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- Hsu 2019
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- Heil 2019
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- Backus 2019
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- Pippel 2019
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- Munro 2019
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
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 |
May 11 – May 31, 2013
| Natalie Footen | Endangered Parasites |
| Andrew Fraser | Can Solarization be Used to Control Himalayan Blackberry and Scotch Broom? |
| Lindsey Hamilton | Bracken Fern and Salal after Restoring the Fire Regime of a Skokomish Savanna |
| Luke McGruff | Friends of North Beach Park |
| Hyungmin (Tony) Rho | The Use of Endophytesas a Means for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Agroecosystems |
| Ellen Sherck | Fire Histories of Turn Point and Kellet Bluff, San Juan Islands, WA |
| Chris Watson | Modeling the Hydrology of the Washington Park Arbroetum and Surrounding Land |
