Coastal Wetlands StudiesKatherin Culatta
2018 The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies
Katherine Culatta is a master’s student in plant biology North Carolina State University. Her project is titled “Taxonomy, Population Genetics, and Status Assessment of Cape Fear Spatterdock (Nuphar sagittifolia).” Her research will inform conservation decisions regarding this aquatic plant endemic to the southeastern Atlantic coastal plains. A combined morphological and genetic approach will be used to determine the plant’s taxonomic limits and describe its genetic diversity.
The Garden Club of America Award in Coastal Wetlands Studies
To promote, expand, and enrich the body of research concerning the coast by actively supporting graduate students in the field of coastal wetlands science.
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