Science Pub- A Holiday Plant Gone Rogue: The Spread of English Holly in PNW Forests, Presented by Dr. Santiago Lopez

Invasive plants can dramatically reshape forests, and English holly is becoming a growing problem in Pacific Northwest urban woodlands. In this talk, Dr. Santiago Lopez, professor in the University of Washington Bothell’s School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, will share findings from a study in a Seattle-area forest (Saint Edward State Park) that examined where holly spreads and why, using both spatial analysis and species distribution modeling.