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PLANT ID SPECIALISTS

Ecoregion Key

All = All Ecoregions in Texas
ANMM = Arizona New Mexico Mountains = Guadalupe Mountains
CGPL = Central Great Plains = Eastern half of the Rolling Plains
CRTB = Cross Timbers
ECPL = East Central Plains - this is the Post Oak Savanna
EDPT = Edward’s Plateau
GCPM = Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes
HIPl = High Plains
SCPL = Southcentral Plains
STPL = South Texas Plains  = includes Thornscrub
SWTB = Southwest Tablelands – this is the western half of the Rolling Plains
TBPR = Texas Blackland Prairie
TP = Trans Pecos
WGCP = West Gulf Coastal Plains = this is Pineywoods

Name Affliation Title E-mail Ecoregion Expertise
Alan Pepper Texas A&M Prof apepper@mail.bio.tamu.edu
geneticist
Alice Hempel TX A&M - Kingsville Prof a-hempel@tamuk.edu STPL, TP taxonomist
Amanda Neill BRIT botanist aneill@brit.org ECPL taxonomist
Amie Treuer-Kuehn TPWD botanist amie.treuer-kuehn@tpwd.state.tx.us
ecologist
Barney Lipscomb BRIT botanist barney@brit.org all taxonomist
Beryl Simpson UT-Austin Prof beryl@mail.utexas.edu
taxonomist
Betty Alex Big Bend NP botanist betty_l_alex@nps.gov TP botanist
Bill Carr TNC botanist bcarr@tnc.org all taxonomist
Bill Van Auken UT-San Antonio Prof ovanauken@utsa.edu
ecologist
Billie Turner UT-Austin Emeritus billie@uts.cc.utexas.edu all taxonomist
Bob O'Kennon BRIT botanist okennon@brit.org EDPT, HIPL, CRTB, TBPR, TP, SCPL, CGPL taxonomist
Bonnie Amos Angelo State University Prof bonnie.amos@angelo.edu SWTB, TP taxonomist
Bonnie Warnock Sul Ross State Univ. botanist bwarnock@sulross.edu TP ecologist
Chad Norris TPWD biologist chad.norris@tpwd.state.tx.us
spring ecosystems
Charles Anderson NPAT botanist ags7576@verizon.net EDPL, SWTB range ecologist
Chetta Owens CORPS botanist chetta@laerf.org
aquatic botanist
Chris Best USFWS-Austin botanist chris_best@fws.gov STPL, EDPT, WGCP ecologist
Dale Kruse TX A&M botanist dakruse@tamu.edu ECPL, SCPL taxonomist
Damon Waitt Wildflower Center botanist dwaitt@wildflower.org all invasive species
David Lemke Tx State Univ. Prof david.lemke@txstate.edu EDPL, TBPR, STPL taxonomist
David Rosen Lee College Prof drosen@lee.edu WGCP, SCPL, ECPL taxonomist
Emily Lott private consultant botanist emilyjlott@hotmail.com
taxonomist
Eric Keith Raven Environmental consultant ek7275@suddenlink.net SCPL, WGCP ecologist
Flo Oxley Wildflower Center botanist oxley@wildflower.org all conservation botanist
Fred Armstrong Guadalupe Mts. NP biologist fred_armstrong@nps.gov TP biologist
Fred Smeins Texas A&M Prof f-smeins@tamu.edu all ecologist
Gena Janssen Janssen Biological consultant gena@janssenbiological.com STPL, EDPT botanist
George Diggs Austin College Prof gdiggs@austincollege.edu CGPL, SCPL, ECPL, EDPT, TBPR, CRTB, WGCP taxonomist
Guy Nesom consultant botanist guynesom@sbcglobal.net all taxonomist
Herb Grover Hardin Simmons Univ Prof hgrover@hsutx.edu CGPL, CRTB ecologist
Hugh Wilson Texas A&M Prof

taxonomist
James Alderson NPAT botanist jsaco1@yahoo.com TBPR, CRTB range ecologist
James Manhart Texas A&M Prof j-manhart@tamu.edu
taxonomist
James Van Kley Stephen F. Austin St. Univ. Prof jvankley@sfasu.edu SCPL ecologist
Jason Singhurst TPWD Plant Ecolgist Jason.Singhurst@tpwd.state.tx.us All ecologist
Jan Wrede Cibolo Nature Center biologist wrede1@mac.com EDPT biologist
Jim Henrickson UT-Austin botanist henrickson@mail.utexas.edu TP taxonomist
Jim Zech Sul Ross State Univ. Prof jzech@sulross.edu TP taxonomist
Joe Liggio TxDOT botanist jliggio@dot.state.tx.us SCPL, WGCP, ECPL taxonomist
Joe Sirotnak Big Bend NP botanist joe_sirotnak@nps.gov TP ecologist
Justin Williams Sam Houston St. Univ. Prof bio_jkw@shsu.edu HIPL, STPL, SCPL taxonomist
Kathryn Kennedy Center for Plant Conservation director kathryn.kennedy@mobot.org
conservation botany
Larry Brown Harris Co. Community College Prof larry-theplantman@att.net WGCP, SCPL, ECPL taxonomist
Laura Hansen Ft. Hood botanist Laura.L.Hansen@us.army.mil EDPT, CRTB taxonomist
Lindsay Woodruff UT-Austin botanist lwoodruff@mail.utexas.edu
taxonomist
Liz Smith Tx A&M-Corpus Christi Prof
WGCP, STPL ecologist
Mark Duff Texas Forest Service botanist mduff@tfs.tamu.edu
forester
Martin Terry Sul Ross State Univ. Prof mterry@sulross.edu TP, STPL taxonomist
Matt Turner Native Plant Society botanist drmwturner@yahoo.com
taxonomist
Matt White Paris Jr. College Prof mwhite@parisjc.edu TBPR, ECPL, SCPL taxonomist
Michael & Barbara McRoberts Bog Research consultants Michael.MacRoberts@lsus.edu SCPL, WGCP, ECPL taxonomist
Michael Eason Wildflower Center botanist michael.eason@wildflower.org
conservation botanist
Mike Powell Sul Ross State Univ. Emeritus ampowell@sulross.edu TP taxonomist
Minette Marr Wildflower Center botanist mmarr@wildflower.org
conservation botanist
Monique Reed Texas A&M botanist monique@mail.bio.tamu.edu ECPL, SCPL taxonomist
Norma Fowler Univ. of Texas at Austin Prof nfowler@uts.cc.utexas.edu EDPT, ECPL ecologist
Patty Manning Sul Ross State Univ. botanist pmanning@sulross.edu TP taxonomist
Paul Harcombe Rice Univ. Emeritus harcomb@rice.edu SCPL ecologist
Paula Williamson Tx State Univ. Prof pw04@txstate.edu
conservation botanist
Richard Worthington UT-El Paso Emeritus rworthin@utep.edu TP taxonomist
Rick Hammer Hardin Simmons Univ Prof rhammer@hsutx.edu SWTB. CGPL taxonomist
Robert Adams Baylor Univ. Prof

junipers
Robert Doyle Baylor Univ. Prof robert_doyle@baylor.edu
aquatic
Robert George BRIT botanist rgeorge@brit.org SCPL taxonomist
Robyn Cobb USFWS-Corpus Christi biologist robyn_cobb@fws.gov WGCP, STPL biologist
Sandy Birnbaum TPWD botanist sandy.birnbaum@tpwd.state.tx.us STPL, EDPT conservation botanist
Stanley Jones
consultant
ECPL taxonomist
Steve Hatch Tx A&M botanist s-hatch@tamu.edu all taxonomist
Steve Nelle NRCS biologist steve.nelle@tx.usda.gov
range management
Sue Sill
botanist
STPL, WGCP taxonomist
Susan Rankin The Trail Foundation botanist susan@thetrailfoundation.org EDPL taxonomist
Susan Sander private consultant botanist
EDPL botanist
Tom Patterson South Texas Community College Prof tfpatt@southtexascollege.edu STPL, WGCP taxonomist
Tom Phillips USFS botanist tphilipps@fs.fed.us SCPL ecologist
Tom Wendt UT-Austin botanist twendt@mail.utexas.edu taxonomist
Walter Holmes Baylor Univ. Prof walter_holmes@baylor.edu SCPL, EDPT, CRTB, WGCP, ECPL, TP taxonomist