Round-leaved greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 15

Biographical Summary of Report Writers

Carl Rothfels developed his botanical skills as a summer interpretive naturalist at Algonquin Park, under the tutelage of Sean Blaney, Bill Crins, and other individuals. He subsequently served as Field Botanist and Herbarium Curator at Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton from 2001 to 2006. He is currently pursuing post-graduate education in North Carolina. He has worked on several earlier COSEWIC reports, including update reports for Arisaema dracontium, Phegopteris hexagonoptera, andFrasera caroliniensis.

Sachiko Gibson has had the opportunity to gain experience with plants in various capacities: with the Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network, Environment Canada; Hamilton’s Trees Count program; Green Venture’s native plant gardens; and out in the field with Carl. She is currently a graduate student at the School for Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University.

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