L.E.M. Natural Diversity

 

Larry E. Morse, Ph.D.

 

P.O. Box 77157

 

Washington, D.C. 20013

 

·         Botany and Natural History

·         Conservation and Biodiversity Awareness

·         Information Management Strategies

·         Field Study and Nature Photography

Education

B.S., Botany, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, Mich. (1970)

A.M., Biology, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass. (1971)

Ph.D., Biology, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass. (1979)

               

Selected Positions

      Staff Botanist, Dayton Museum of Natural History, Dayton, Ohio

Research Assistant, Research Associate, Dept. Botany, Smithsonian Institution, 

     Washington, D.C.

Research Associate, Cooperative Parks Study Unit, New York Botanical Garden,

      Bronx, N.Y.

State Botanist, Maryland Natural Heritage Program, The Nature Conservancy,

      Arlington, Va.

        National Botanist, Director of Scientific Databases, The Nature Conservancy,

              Arlington, Va.

North American Botanist, NatureServe, Arlington, Va.

               

Selected Publications

1968.  A computer system for editing diagnostic keys for Flora North America.  Taxon 17: 479-483.   (With John H. Beaman and Stanwyn G. Shetler)

1971.  Specimen identification and key construction with time-sharing computers.  Taxon 20: 269-282.

1974.  Computer-assisted storage and retrieval of the data of taxonomy and systematics.  Taxon 23: 29-43

1981.  Rare Plant Conservation:  Geographical Data Organization.  New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, N.Y.  (Co-editor, with Mary Sue Henifin)

1982.  The Nature Conservancy and rare plant conservation in the United States.  Pages 453-457 in Hugh Synge (ed.), The Biological Aspects of Rare Plant Conservation. Wiley, Chichester, Great Britain.

1983.  Three Maryland stations for the northern white cedar, Thuja occidentalis.

               Castanea 48: 159-161.

1983.  A shale barren on Silurian strata in Maryland.  Castanea 48: 206-208.

1987.  Rare plant protection, Conservancy style.  The Nature Conservancy News                  37(5): 10-15

1988.  Rare plants of Appalachian bedrock.  Nature Conservancy Magazine

                38(2): 28-30.

1993.  Standard and alternative taxonomic data in the multi-institutional Natural Heritage Data Center Network.  Pages 69-79 in F.A. Bisby, G.F. Russell, and R.J. Pankhurst (eds.), Designs for a Global Plant Species Information System.  Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford.

1995.  Potential impacts of climate change on North American Flora.  Pages 392-395 in Edward T. LaRoe et al., (eds.), Our Living Resources.  U.S. Dept. Interior National Biological Service.  (With Lynn S. Kutner and John T. Kartesz).

1999.  Defining what is native:  What is a native plant?  Pages 12-14 in Bonnie L. Harper-Lore (ed.), Roadside Use of Native Plants.  Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C. (With Jil M. Swearingen and John M. Randall)

2000.  Coauthor of two chapters in:  Bruce A. Stein et al. (eds.), Precious Heritage:  The Status of Biodiversity in the United States.  Oxford Univ. Press, New York.

2004.  An invasive species assessment protocol:  Evaluating non-native plants for their impact on biodiversity.  Version 1.  NatureServe, Arlington, Va.  42 pp.  (With J.M. Randall, N. Benton, R. Hiebert, and S. Lu)

 

Internet Content Provider

                NatureServe Explorer (www.natureserve.org/explorer)

 

Selected Past Clients

American Institute of Biological Sciences

        American Type Culture Collection

        Flora of North America

        Humboldt State University

Morris Arboretum (Univ. Pennsylvania)

        Smithsonian Institution

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

         West Virginia Natural Heritage Program