Cassie J. Stark,^1,* Sarah E. Nilson,^2,** Eric P. Burkhart<sup>3,4,***,****

1</sup>Meadowview Research Farms, The American Chestnut Foundation, 29010 Hawthorne Dr., Meadowview, VA 24361
²Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, 100 University Drive, Monaca, PA 15061
³Shaver's Creek Environmental Center, The Pennsylvania State University, 3400 Discovery Road, Petersburg, PA 16669
⁴Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

^*Cassie Stark received her bachelor's degree from James Madison University where she studied biology. From there, she attended Pennsylvania State University where she received her master's degree and studied ramp/wild leek (Allium tricoccum and A. burdickii) habitat throughout the state of Pennsylvania. She is currently employed by The American Chestnut Foundation in Meadowview, Virginia, where she studies chestnut restoration strategies.
^**Sarah Nilson holds degrees in Biology (B.S.) and Anthropology (B.A.) from the University of Pittsburgh and a Ph.D. in Plant Biology from Penn State University. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Biology at Penn State University Beaver where she studies the physiology, genetics, ethnobotany, and stewardship of Appalachian non-timber forest species.
^***Corresponding author: epb6@psu.edu
^****Eric Burkhart is a botanist, ethnobotanist, and agroforester with Penn State, where he is Director of the Appalachian Botany and Ethnobotany Program at Shaver's Creek Environmental Center and Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management. He holds degrees in Ethnobotany (B.A., Idaho State University), Horticulture (M.S., Penn State University), and Forest Resources (Ph.D., Penn State University).