This was a combined effort on my part with two separate groups of friends and fellow plant hunters. The first portion was with Kelly Dodson, Sue Milliken, and Garratt Richardson. Among other things we were the first westerners to summit Mt. Saramati (12,600 ft.) in Nagaland, the highest peak in India outside of the […]
2001 (autumn) – Gorge of the Dulong, NW Yunnan, China and adjacent regions of the Salween River
My third expedition to the Salween River region. Organized and led co-RSBG/Kunming Institute of Botany exploratory and plant hunting expedition to the legendary Dulong Gorge. With Jens Nielsen, Peter Wharton, et al. * Notable finds include: the Rhododendron species – martinianum, sanguineum ssp. didymium, species nova (ss. Boothia) and caesium; also Vaccinium gaultheriifolium, Vaccinium modestum, […]
1987 to 1991
(non RSBG) Numerous seed collecting expeditions to the Appalachian Mountains for the native plant collection at the Winkler Botanical Preserve, Alexandria, VA.
1985 to 1986
(non RSBG) Numerous locations in Illinois collecting seed and herbarium specimens of rare native trees and shrubs for the Northern Illinois Woody Plant Collection at the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL.