Botanist at Portland State University's Institute for Natural Resources, conducting Lotic MIM Surveys across eastern Oregon. Previously worked for the Great Basin Institute conducting terrestrial AIM surveys across northern and western Nevada. Now based out of Walla Walla, WA!

Bachelor's in Biology from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR.

I'm interested in the riparian vegetation of the semi-arid American West, as well as the local diversity of Pinaceae and Fagaceae across the Pacific Northwest and Great Basin. I ID Salicaceae and the pandoras box that is Cyperaceae for a living, I ID Pinaceae for fun! Helping to confirm identifications within the genera Tsuga, Pseudotsuga, and Abies across the western U.S. and Canada (at this point pretty much all of N. America).

Map of my identifications on iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?ident_user_id=steinm&not_user_id=steinm&place_id=any&subview=map

Instagram @botaniststein

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