Photos below are from the project “Investigating shade tolerance and phenotypic plasticity of Virginia spiraea, a federally threatened shrub.” Project was conducted in Asheville, NC in the summer of 2022.
Fieldwork set up in common garden setting.
View from fieldwork site.
LiCor Li-6400 clamp on leaf of Virginia spiraea grown in 75% sunlight.
Snakeskin found in common garden setting.
Preparing LiCor Li-6400 portable photosynthesis systems for in-field measurements.
Measurement in progress for Virginia spiraea growing in 50% sunlight.
Common garden setting on an early, foggy morning.
Example photo used for analyzing leaf area in Image-J analysis software.
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Found this guy in my sister's front yard. Greenville, NC
Catawba Falls, NC
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens Coral Gables, FL
Fall leaf color change in western NC. Great Craggy Mountains, NC. Plant Ecology Lab at UNC Asheville.
Grassy balds in Craggy Mountains. Great Craggy Mountains, NC. Plant Ecology Lab at UNC Asheville.
Bird migratory watch station. Big Bald, NC. Field Vertebrate Zoology Lab at UNC Asheville.
Calcareous rock formation. Paint Rock, NC. Plant Ecology Lab at UNC Asheville.
Emerald Forest. Unaka Mountain, TN. Field Vertebrate Zoology Lab at UNC Asheville.
Lamar Alexander Rocky Fork State Park, TN. Field Vertebrate Zoology Lab at UNC Asheville.
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Gardens. Coral Gables, FL
Chris is my personal manuscript/grant submission reviewer. He is the strictest of my bosses, and is extremely punctual when it comes to deadlines and feeding times. Here, he can be seen tirelessly overviewing my fieldwork.