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About Edward Young
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Expertise
Strictly limited to......1) Chaparral shrubs and pinyon-oak woodlands from San Bernardino area foothills to the Victorville High Desert region of southern California. 2) Identification and taxonomic placement assistance for wildflowers of Oklahoma's Great Plains.

Experience
1. Worked extensively in the Herbarium at the Univ of Central Oklahoma as an undergraduate. 2. Taught High School Botany concepts and conducted field grid surveys and collections involving the chaparral scrub community of southern California's foothills. 3. The majority of my university coursework was in Botany. 4. Have my own personal library of taxonomic reference books and am always using on-line herbaria for personal interest.

Organizations
Chaffey JUHSD (HS Teacher). CREEC Network Region-10 (Founding Board Member). California Native Plant Society (Member).

Publications
http://www.teacher-us.com/young

http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:ctmEgTIvLmsJ:wwwstatic.kern.org/gems/region10/NewsletterMarch1.doc edward young creec network&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:JJcucFgLevAJ:creec.edgateway.net/CompPDFs/acknowl.pdf compendium ed young california&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us

Education/Credentials
BS Biology/Botany, University Central Oklahoma. Post Bac work Univessity Arizona. Post Bac Field studies through University California-Riverside. California and Arizona Professional Clear Credentials in Life Science.

Awards and Honors
1. Competition judge and exhibitor for the Inland Empire Environmental Expo. 2. Coordinator for HS Botany competition (3rd place) at the San Bernardino Orange Show. 3. HS Teacher of the month award.

Past/Present Clients
California Department of Education.

   

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Questions Answered By Expert  Edward Young 
In Category  Native Plants

SubjectDate Asked

Western Hemlock11/14/2009
  Q: How are the roots of the Western Hemlock tree necessary for the tree to live? I need to have two ...
  A: Well I am not so sure what level of paper you are writing, but the general idea would be to focus ...
San Bernardino Foothills Native/Indigenous growth/seeds10/2/2009
  Q: I work at a community which sits in the foothills right along the base of the 330 highway up to Big ...
  A: Eva, I am answering this only because I have a partial answer and mostly a re-direction for you. ...
Native Plants/Cool Root Run7/22/2009
  Q: My question relates to Darlingtonia californica, but in a round-about way. I've grown carnivorous ...
  A: Once again, I am stunned that I am being asked about carnivorous plants when there is a highly ...
house plants6/21/2009
  Q: in my house there are real plants and there are fake plants. the fake plants get dusty , the real ...
  A: In my house, dust falls upon both real and fake plants. Outside in my garden and really everywhere ...
phyto medicines5/28/2009
  Q: GOOD EVENING SIR! I AM A POST GRADUATE STUDENT IN BOTANY. I AM INTERESTED IN PHYTO MEDICINES. I ...
  A: I personally have only heard that Tropical Hybiscus was in the past used by Chinese herbalists, by ...
trees suitable for indian continental climate4/26/2009
  Q: can u plz give me some locally available tree names which have high oxygen producing capacity and ...
  A: The plant kingdom is so vast that even plant taxonomists must subdivide their areas of focus. My ...
Pitcher Plant Leaf Morphology3/18/2009
  Q: I have question about my Sarracenia alata... It has new, young leaves which are growing from the ...
  A: Fran, Hello. I understand you are in Croatia. My Belgian friend is always telling me how wonderful ...
ficus trees10/15/2008
  Q: Mr. Young you were so helpful on my last question, I wanted to ask you, do ficus trees have to be ...
  A: Cathy, Thank you for you comments. The short answer is yes. One could wax philosophical on this ...
Fichus Trees10/13/2008
  Q: I have 4 beautiful (or were) ficus trees, 3 are dying. They are 8 to 9 ft. tall and I've grown them ...
  A: Cathy, Although I am a botanist who preoccupies my time with chaparral vegetation or the drought ...
bamboo9/16/2008
  Q: how does the got its name?
  A: recardo, This is not really a question dealing with taxonomic reference assistance but I'll answer ...
Poisen Ivy?8/25/2008
  Q: I was trimming some grape vines and I found suspicious looking leaves. A month ago I got a really ...
  A: You have nothing to fear regarding both poison oak and poison ivy. You are not even close on those. ...

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