Project:

Spontaneous urban vegetation in New York City

Students:

Gus Stimpson, Robert Michaelson, George Newberry

School:

The Browning School, Manhattan

Mentors:

Emilie Dion Wolf

Abstract:

The aim of this project is to determine the population of sidewalk plant life in New York City in relation to proximity to Central Park and to comment on the diversity of these spontaneous plants through DNA barcoding.

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