The Trees of Belize Project is a multi-year effort dedicated to growing and cultivating in-country expertise and interest in botany. Directed by Dr. Steven Brewer in collaboration with the University of Belize, the project design reflects many years of collaborative botanic work and a shared belief that trees remain enigmatic because of the lack of accessible information, identification tools, and training for such a diverse flora.To remedy this, the project will focus on building skills to identify, locate, and assess Belize’s tree species. This will involve collaboration with many different organizations and individuals, and ultimately result in the creation of a comprehensive field guide, The Trees of Belize.

vegetation surveys, habitat surveys, species identification, species inventories, rapid ecological inventories, data analysis

Threatened, Endangered, Sensitive, rare, and non-native invasive plant species surveys, primarily for federal and state entities. Controlled-intuitive, systematic, and hybrid surveys for target species and for plant species inventory. Vegetation surveys, permanent & temporary plot sampling and inventories, monitoring and analyses.

Assistant Professor of Plant Ecology Department of Biology & Marine BiologyEcology, Plant Community Ecology, and Tropical Biology