Swamp rose-mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 14

Biographical Summary of Report Writers

Gary Allen received an Honours B.E.S. in 1979 and an M.A. in Regional Planning and Resource Development in 1984, both from the University of Waterloo. For the past 20 years he has worked for the Ministry of Natural Resources, always in the Natural Heritage Program, with postings in Toronto, Chatham, Richmond Hill, Simcoe, and currently, Midhurst. His responsibilities as Natural Areas Ecologist in Midhurst District are primarily Areas of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSIs), Species at Risk, and Wetlands, and he is a member of the Provincial Wetlands Committee (WETT), the Lake Huron Coastal Dune Grasslands Recovery Team, and the Eastern Fox Snake & Eastern Hognose Snake Recovery Team. He has prepared COSEWIC status reports on Liatris spicata (1988), Liparis liliifolia (1986), Aristida basiramea (2003), and an update on Liatris spicata (2001).

Bruce Ford is an Associate Professor in the Department of Botany, University of Manitoba and curator of the University of Manitoba Herbarium. Bruce's primary research interest is the taxonomy and evolution of the genus Carex. Carex, with about 2,000 species, is the largest genus in the Cyperaceae and one of the most widespread and ecologically important genera of vascular plants.  In his research Bruce employs a multidisciplinary approach, combining evidence from micro- and macromorphology, isozyme genetic divergence, DNA sequence data, ecological studies, and phytogeography in order to gain a proper understanding of systematic relationships. He has published a variety of scientific papers including species treatments for the Atlas of the Rare Vascular Plants of Ontario and the Flora of North America. Bruce serves as a scientific advisor for the Flora of North America Project and is a member of the vascular plant subcommittee of COSEWIC.

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