Local Experts:
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| Doug Ewing |
UW Botany Greenhouse Manager
dewing(at)uw.edu
Although he is largely focused on botany, Doug knows many things about all sorts of plants and is a great resource.
Mailing Address:
University of Washington
Botany Greenhouse
Box 351800
Seattle, WA 98195-1800
Arthur Lee Jacobson
Local plant expert and a lifelong Seattle resident. He has written much about flora of the Seattle area, including a book about the wild plants of the greater Seattle area.
Although he is largely focused on botany, Doug knows many things about all sorts of plants and is a great resource.
Mailing Address:
University of Washington
Botany Greenhouse
Box 351800
Seattle, WA 98195-1800
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Arthur Lee Jacobson |
Arthur Lee Jacobson
Local plant expert and a lifelong Seattle resident. He has written much about flora of the Seattle area, including a book about the wild plants of the greater Seattle area.
Contact info:
(206) 328-8733
alj(at)consultant.comhttp://www.arthurleej.com/
Resources and Collections:
Around campus, there are small, metal circles with numbers on them. If you plug the number in after selecting "trees" it will give you the species name. This is a great way to figure out what sort of trees are around campus.This site provides information on the caretakers of trees at the UW Seattle campus. It provides an explanation on tree care on the University of Washington grounds.
As they write: "The trees on the UW campus are one of its most valuable assets. They add beauty and character to the landscape and provide innumerable environmental benefits. The UW Grounds Maintenance department makes tree care a high priority. We aim to maintain a diverse collection of healthy trees."
Brockman Memorial Tree Tour, courtesy of the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
Dedicated to the memory of Professor C. Frank Brockman, who produced the original UW tree tour in 1980, this tour has a map of trees on campus, as well as their latin and common names. Each tree name is clickable and links to a page with more detailed information, pictures, and some natural history information.
A site that allows you to search and browse publications and other media dealing with urban forestry. This site allows for selection of different regions of the country, if one is trying to learn about trees outside of the Pacific Northwest.
The WNPS is a group of all knowledge levels that want to promote and conserve the native plants of Washington. They offer many volunteer opportunities, as well as helpful resources such as lists of all the native plants, separated by county.
I really enjoy browsing through the Get Involved tab, it's nice to allow people the option to learn, volunteer, etc. without doing a large google search. The local expert is obviously pretty extensive as well, I didn't know the UW offers a tree tour. One quick note, "Ground Management" is spelled incorrectly. Otherwise, nice job!
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Great page!
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