Scientists with LGL have expertise concerning:

• Inventories of plant species (including mosses)
• Inventories of fungi/mushrooms and lichens
• Vegetation mapping and classification
• Ecosystem mapping
• Rare and endangered plant species
• Rare and endangered plant associations

The objectives of our projects often include:

• Assessments of Habitat Suitability for various plants and animals
• Habitat modeling
• Effects of development and/or disturbance on vegetation
• Effects of development and/or disturbance on individual (rare or otherwise important) plant species
• Ecosystem classification for baseline studies and inventories
• Determination of sensitive ecosystems
• Development of mitigation and restoration strategies for disturbed habitats
• Recultivation and monitoring

Typical projects include:

• Assessment of projected impacts on rare and endangered plant species and rare plant associations in areas slated for development
• Assessment of the impacts to rare and endangered plant species and rare plant associations along linear structures (pipelines, right-of-way, highways, etc.)
• Restoration of altered/disturbed habitats
• Assessment of the effectiveness of vegetation management

Specialized methodologies:

• GPS
• Vegetation sampling equipment
• Habitat evaluation procedures
• GIS
• Habitat modeling
• Multivariate statistical analyses: Ordination (Principal Components, Canonical Correlation, [Detrended] Correspondence Analysis); Classification (various clustering techniques, TWINSPAN, Marxan)
• Distance sampling and analysis