Karen B. Searcy
Adjunct Research Assistant Professor
Biology
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
United States of America
Biography
As a curator, I am responsible for the University of Massachusetts Herbarium (MASS) which has about 247,000 specimens of algae, bryophytes and vascular plants from throughout the world. My research interests are focused on rare plant species and some of the more unusual communities in the state. Recent projects include a flora of Fort Devens, location of rare species and exemplary communities on Metropolitan District Commission land in the Quabbin and Wachusett Reservations, community survey of Satan's Kingdom wildlife management area and assisting in a biological survey of Lake Rohunta. Currently I am working on a flora and vegetation analysis of the Mount Holyoke Range, Massachusetts.
Research Interest
Plant Reproductive Ecology
Publications
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Searcy, K. B. and M. G. Hickler. 1999. The plant communities and vascular flora of the peatland within Poutwater Pond nature preserve. Rhodora, 101: 341-359.
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Searcy, K. B., Wilson, B. F. and Fownes, J. H. 2003. Influence of bedrock and aspect on soils and plant distribution in the Holyoke Range, Massachusetts. Jour. Torrey Botanical Society, 130: 158-169.
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Searcy, K. B., C. Pucko, and D. McClelland. 2006. The distribution and habitat preference of introduced species in the Mount Holyoke Range, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts. Rhodora, 108: 43-61.
