Flora of Ohio's Lake Erie Coastal Marshes with a Focus on Ottawa NWR

Rick Gardner is currently the chief botanist for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Natural Areas and Preserves. Rick has been studying Ohio’s flora and natural areas for 27 years. He has spent most of his career in the Division of Natural Areas and Preserves but has worked for the Division of Wildlife and the Ohio Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. Rick has conducted vegetation inventory studies at Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge and other sites on Lake Erie.

He is also a visiting scholar at the Ohio State University Herbarium conducting research on Ohio’s flora including invasive plant species, the sedge family, running buffalo clover and xeric limestone prairies. Rick has published peer-reviewed articles on these subjects. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Botany from Miami University. Register Now.

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