Plant community dynamics are more completely understood when combined with the hydrologic and geomorphic information that shapes the underlying physical habitat (soil, water table, chemistry, and disturbance regime). We provide the following botanical services:

• Mapping: wetlands, riparian habitat, weeds
• Modeling: riparian tree establishment and growth
• Revegetation: restoration planning and design, planting palette, success monitoring
• Invasive species control: surveys, mapping, management plans, and monitoring
• Rare plants: surveys, monitoring, impact assessment, regulatory compliance, mitigation planning
• Wetland delineation: jurisdictional assessment, Section 404 permitting

Stillwater Sciences uses this interdisciplinary approach to design restoration and management plans that maximize native plant diversity and long-term sustainability, including predicting and planning for impacts of climate change. We develop monitoring schemes that reveal the causes, rather than just the outcomes, of project performance and use spatially explicit models of site conditions and processes to help analyze different restoration scenarios, predict riparian vegetation recruitment, and develop effective revegetation designs and mitigation measures. Vegetation analyses can be combined with fish and wildlife habitat requirements to plan restoration and management actions that benefit the overall ecosystem.