BotanyJacqueline Baker
2023 The Zeller Summer Scholarship in Medicinal Botany
Zanthoxylum americanum: Discovery, Documentation, and Promotion of an Agroforestry Crop in the Appalachian Region
Baker will conduct field research on the medicinal properties and ecological associations of common prickly-ash populations in Pennsylvania and northern Appalachia. Field sampling, collection of herbarium voucher specimens in wild populations, and photochemical analyses of collected samples will determine possible benefits of native horticultural shrubs and trees. Baker hopes the study will support the shrub’s potential use as a domestic source for use in food, health, beauty, and conservation.The Zeller Summer Scholarship in Medicinal Botany
To encourage U.S. undergraduate students to expand their knowledge of medicinal botany by pursuing summer study in various projects, courses, and/or internships with supervision and structure.
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