307-766-3020 | bheidel@uwyo.edu
Head of our Botany Program
October 2001 to Present: Responsible for developing and maintaining a database on the distribution, natural
history, conservation status, and habitat requirements of rare plant species in Wyoming
and providing technical information services. This is accomplished through field research
projects and review of existing literature and herbarium resources.
B.A. Biology, Carleton College, 1978. Thesis in grass taxonomy/ecology/physiology.
M.S. Botany, Washington State University, 1980. Thesis in rare flora of northern Idaho.
Endemism, biogeography, floristic diversity, population monitoring, invasive plants, life history adaptations, conservation biology.
