Sally Gallagher
  
       
 

 

Department of Botany

Office: 329 Birge Hall

Phone: (608) 265-9722

Email: skgallagher@wisc.edu

 
       
   
430 Lincoln Drive

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI 53706 - 1381

  

 

 

 

 

   Educational Background:  

 

 
 

B.S., Biology, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA.  2007.

  
     
    Current Projects:  
  Sally is currently investigating the growth responses of young Carex stricta plants to a range of starting conditions (including soil texture, nitrogen availability, and water level) with the hopes of advising wetland restorationists and land managers on what conditions promote certain growth responses such as increased adventitious rooting, increased shoot:root, and increased aerenchyma formation.  This experiment is being carried out in the UW-Arboretum mesocosm facility.

This winter, Sally will be planting a number of C. stricta seedlings to be planted in the UW-Arboretum's new Secret Pond stormwater facility (to be built 2008/2009).  Young C. stricta plants of various growth forms will be planted along a water and soil type gradient on the banks of the stormwater conveyance channel to determine which greenhouse conditions are best suited for planting in a wetland restoration project. 
 

  
     
  Background:
  Sally is a native of Amherst, Virginia, a small town tucked at the base of the Appalachian Mountains.  She majored in biology at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia; while there, she researched the effects of the invasive tree Ailanthus altissima on the biodiversity and biomass of upland forest understory plants.  During the summer of 2007, she participated in the summer internship program at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, MD, where she studied the effects of small disturbances on the establishment of the invasive grass Phragmites australis in native wetland plant communities.   
     

 

Last updated: September 15, 2008

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