Emily M. Booth,^1,*,**,*** Greg Creacy,^2,**** Norma L. Fowler<sup>1,*****

1</sup>1University of Texas at Austin Department of Integrative Biology Austin, TX 78712
²2Texas Parks and Wildlife Department TPWD State Park Region 3 Headquarters 1174 State Hwy 71 East Ba

^*Corresponding author: embooth@temple.edu; (215) 204-8827
^** Current address: Temple University Department of Biology 1900 N 12th St. Philadelphia, PA 19122
^***Emily M. Booth received her MS in Plant Biology and Conservation at Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden, and her PhD in Plant Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. Her primary research interests involve the ways in which plant communities are affected by wildland fire and land management actions.
^****Greg Creacy received his BS in wildlife conservation at Southeastern Oklahoma State University and MS in biology at Sam Houston State University. He has worked in various capacities for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department since 1997. Greg currently serves as a Regional Natural Resources Coordinator, where he is responsible for coordinating activities related to natural resource preservation, management, restoration, and research within central Texas State Parks and Natural Areas.
^*****Norma Fowler has a PhD in Botany from Duke University. She has been a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin since 1979. Her research group studies plant populations and communities, usually with a conservation component and mostly in the woodlands and savannas of central Texas.