Eastern fowering dogwood (Cornus florida) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 15

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Biographical Summary of Report Writer

John Ambrose came to the University of Guelph Arboretum in 1974, after receiving a PhD in Botany from Cornell University. At the Arboretum, in addition to being the Curator, he developed a program based on the rare woody plants of the Carolinian Zone of southern Ontario, including field surveys, status reports and detailed studies of their population and reproductive biology. After 17 years there, he moved to the Toronto Zoo as Curator of Botany/ Manager of Horticulture. There he developed new natural habitat exhibits and a naturalization program for peripheral lands of the site, in addition to his exhibit responsibilities. These reflect his growing interest in restoration ecology. In 1999 he left the Zoo to teach a new course in restoration ecology at the University of Guelph. He currently is self-employed and continues to work with endangered species recovery planning, serving on three recovery teams for Carolinian trees and drafting two ecosystem-based recovery strategies.


Collections Examined

Current records from the Natural Heritage Information Centre (Peterborough, Ontario) and files of herbarium records from CAN and DAO were sent by Mike Oldham, and original field records compiled by the author while at the University of Guelph Arboretum were consulted.

 

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