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Paul Marcum
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1816 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 MC–652 Phone: 217-333-8459 Fax: 217-333-4949 Email: pmarcum@inhs.illinois.edu Title: Wetland Plant Ecologist Office Location: I-BLDG | ||
| Activities | My research interests include studying the plant communities and floristic composition of natural areas throughout Illinois. I am also interested in studying closely related species complexes (especially in the genus Carex) using macro and micro morphological characters. |
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| Research |
Floristic inventory of Orchid Hill, Vermilion County, Illinois. Aquatic vegetation survey of Wolf Lake, Cook County, Illinois with special reference to threatened and endangered taxa. Habitat enhancement for Decurrent False Aster [Boltonia decurrens (Torr. & Gray) Wood], an Illinois River Valley endemic. Floristic Inventory of selected Kankakee County sand savannas. Site steward at Shortline Railroad Prairie (owned by Grand Prairie Friends). Participating in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) vouchering all vascular plants by watershed. |
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| Professional society involvement and activities |
Member of the Natural Areas Association Member of the Society of Wetland Scientists Member of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society Member of the New England Botanical Club Member of the Grand Prairie Friends |
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| Education | MS, Biological Sciences, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 1999 BS, Natural Science, Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, OH, 1996 | ||