 |
Staff
Christiane Anderson
Research Scientist
email: chra@umich.edu | phone 734-647-2812
William R. Anderson
Professor Emeritus, Curator Emeritus (Vascular Plants)
email: wra@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-2432
Paul E. Berry
Director, Professor
email: peberry@umich.edu | phone 734-647-3689
Robyn Burnham
Associate Professor, Adjunct Associate Curator
email: rburnham@umich.edu | phone 734-647-2585
Christopher W. Dick
Assistant Professor, Assistant Curator (Vascular Plants)
email: cwdick@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-9408
Brian Dorsey
Graduate Student
email: bdorsey@umich.edu | phone: 734-615-6200
Karin Douthit
Senior Graphic Artist
phone: 734-615-6200
Michael Ehnis
Administrative Specialist
email: ehnism@umich.edu | phone: 734-615-6200
Heather Huggins
Research Museum Collection Specialist
email: hhuggs@umich.edu | phone: 734-936-9948
Timothy James
Assistant Professor, Assistant Curator (Fungi)
email: tyjames@umich.edu | phone: 734-615-7753
Wenchi Jin
Graduate Student
email: wencjin@umich.edu | phone: 734-936-3335
David Kenfack
Postdoctoral Fellow
email: dkenfack@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-9408
Vlad Miskevich
Desktop Support Specialist Senior
email: lsa-csg@umich.edu | phone 734-936-3279
Jeffery Morawetz
Postdoctoral Fellow
email: morawetz@umich.edu | phone: 734-615-6200
Michael R. Penskar
Research Investigator, Michigan Natural Features Inventory
email: penskar@umich.edu | phone: 734-936-0956
Jess A. Peirson
Graduate Student
email: peirsonj@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-5546
Robert Preston
Visiting Researcher
phone: 734-615-6200
Richard K. Rabeler
Senior Research Museum Collection Manager, Assistant Research Scientist
email: rabeler@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-2407
Paula Reese
Plant Mounter
phone: 734-615-6200
A. A. Reznicek
Assistant Director, Research Scientist, Curator (Vascular Plants)
email: reznicek@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-5544
Ricarda Riina
Postdoctoral Fellow
email: riina@umich.edu | phone: 734-615-6200
Patricia Rogers
Research Museum Collection Manager (Fungi, Lichens, Bryophytes)
email: rogersp@umich.edu | phone: 734-936-8028
Edward G. Voss
Professor Emeritus, curator Emeritus (Vascular Plants)
email: egvoss@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-2431
Florence S. Wagner
Research Scientist (Pteridophytes)
email: fwagn@umich.edu | phone: 734-649-6641
Beverly S. Walters
Research Museum Collection Manager (Vascular Plants)
email: waltersb@umich.edu | phone: 734-615-6404
Michael J. Wynne
Professor Emeritus, Curator Emeritus (Algae)
email: mwynne@umich.edu | phone: 734-764-8415
Ya Yang
Graduate Student
email: yangya@umich.edu | phone: 734-936-3335
|
 |
Species Focus:
Sitka Spruce
Picea sitchensis

The northwest coast of North America is famous for temperate rain forests, forests that are cold and snowy in winter and constantly humid and rainy in the summer. The northernmost and largest remaining areas of this community are in coastal Alaska, and have a lush, tropical look with the giant spruce trunks, often more than a meter in diameter, green with mosses, ferns and other moisture loving plants.
photo: A.A. Reznicek |
 |
 |