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March 6, 2026 Dr. Weston Testo, “Phylogenomic Methods Reveal Ancient Hybridization in North American Royal Ferns.” Hybrid at Harvard University.

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March 6, 2026

Dr. Weston Testo

“Phylogenomic Methods Reveal Ancient Hybridization in North American Royal Ferns”

Weston Testo is Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Biology at the University of Vermont and Director of the Pringle Herbarium. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Vermont in 2017 and subsequently held positions at the University of Florida, University of Gothenburg, and Field Museum of Natural History prior to joining the faculty of the University of Vermont in 2023. His lab’s research program focuses on the diversity and evolution of ferns and lycophytes, especially lineages centered in tropical America.

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Congratulations to the Fernald Award Recipients

for Rhodora Vol. 125

Dr. Robert Bertin

Brett Trowbridge

Brian Keevan

The Merritt Lyndon Fernald Award Committee is pleased to recognize Dr. Robert Bertin, Brett Trowbridge, and Brian Keevan for their paper “Patterns in the flora of the Wachusett Mountain area, Princeton and Westminster, Massachusetts, U.S.A.”

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