DonateSean Carson
Sean works to conserve California’s rare and endangered flora.
As a rare plant field program manager, Sean Carson works to conserve California’s rare and endangered flora. His work includes surveying and documentation of rare plants as well as seed collection for long-term conservation, research, and restoration. Sean earned his bachelor’s degree in environmental studies at California State University, San Bernardino. He has many years of field experience working in restoration ecology, where he worked in the San Bernardino National Forest before moving to the Channel Islands and eventually to the California central coast.
Research interests: rare plant conservation, science communication, rare plant germination, conservation seed banking, rare plant restoration
Publications
Schneider, H.E., S.A. Carson, & S.E. Termondt. 2021. Smoke-induced germination in the endangered Eriodictyon capitatum (Namaceae). Madrono 68:87–98.
Schneider, H.E. & S.A. Carson. 2020. A comprehensive collaborative project to recover 14 listed plant species on the Channel Islands – 2020 annual report. Unpublished report to the California Department of Fish & Wildlife, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California. 54 pages.
Schneider, H.E. & S.A. Carson. 2019. Lompoc yerba santa (Eriodictyon capitatum) germination study – Final Project Report 2019. Unpublished Report, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, CA. 13 pp.
Schneider, H.E. & S.A. Carson. 2019. Santa Cruz Island Dudleya (Dudleya nesiotica) Survey – Final Project Report 2019. Unpublished Report, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, CA. 16 pp.
Schneider, H.E. & S.A. Carson. 2019. A comprehensive collaborative project to recover 14 listed plant species on the Channel Islands – 2019 annual report. Unpublished report to the California Department of Fish & Wildlife, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California. 68 pages.
