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Harvard Forest Research Project 2026

• Title: Red maple seed collection
• Principal investigator: Laura Ostrowsky (laura_ostrowsky@fas.harvard.edu)
• Institution: Harvard University
• Primary contact: Laura Ostrowsky (laura_ostrowsky@fas.harvard.edu)
• Team members: Laura Ostrowsky
• Abstract:

  I am collecting red maple seeds along a latitudinal gradient for a research project. The latitudinal gradient includes 12 sites from Georgia to New Brunswick. At each site, I will collect mature samaras from 10 red maple trees, as well as leaf samples and herbarium samples.