Round-leaved greenbrier (Smilax rotundifolia) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 13
Acknowledgements and Authorities Contacted
The following people were consulted in the process of preparing this report. Those marked with an asterix (*) responded with information:
Steve Newmaster, Peter Kevan, John Ambrose*, Gerald Waldron, George Meyers, Mike Oldham* (NHIC), Don Sutherland (NHIC), Albert Garofalo*, Madeline Austen (CWS), David Bradley, George Bryant, Paul Catling (DAO), Bill Crins (OMNR), Todd Farrell, Kim Frolich (Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority), Mary Gartshore and Peter Carson*, Donald Kirk* (OMNR), Larry Lamb, Deanna Lindblad (Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority), Paul O'Hara, Tony Reznicek, Robert Ritchie (Niagara Parks Commission), John and Dorthy Tiedje, Kevan Money (Essex Region Conservation Authority), Matthew Child (Essex Region Conservation Authority), Mike Nelson (Essex Region Conservation Authority), Michelle Kantor (Carolinian Canada), Roxanne St. Martin* (OMNR), Pat Hess*, Sean Blaney* (ACCDC), Sherman Boates* (Government of Nova Scotia), Maureen Toner* (NB DNR), Alan Dextrase (OMNR), Sandy Dobbyn* (OMNR), Mark Elderkin* (NS DNR), Sam Brinker*.
The Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre (through the prompt and comprehensive services of Mike Oldham) was pivotal to the success of this report. The NHIC’s efforts over the past decade have greatly increased the quantity and quality of data available to individuals performing natural heritage investigations like this one. Similarly, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources--specifically Donald Kirk, Kara Vlasman, and Rebecca Hay--did some excellent work on this species in Niagara Region in 2004 and 2005, which made our subsequent investigations much easier, and Sam Brinker generously supplied additional data for Site 13.
Special thanks are also due to Jennifer Doubt of the Canadian Museum of Nature, who provided a digital image of the Macoun Smilax collection from Point Pelee, thus saving us a trip to Ottawa, and to John Ambrose, the author of the original 1994 report on this species. John graciously volunteered his time and expertise to facilitate this revision.
Final thanks to the three local naturalists who had such a strong influence on this document: Peter Carson, Albert Garofalo, and Mary Gartshore. Their contribution was twofold. First, as active field botanists, they personally discovered new populations of this rare species, and thus contributed to our understanding of its distribution in Ontario. Secondly, they were gracious enough to volunteer their time to accompany us on our survey of sites in 2006, and thus directly contributed to the quality of the data we are able to present here. And they made the fieldwork that much more pleasant!
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