Bog bird’s-foot trefoil (Lotus pinnatus) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 15
Marta Donovan has a B.Sc. in biology from the University of Victoria. She has worked as the Biological Information Coordinator at the B.C. Conservation Data Centre since 1997. Marta co-authored a COSEWIC status report for Sanicula arcotopoides in 2000.
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The following collections were consulted:
- Royal BC Museum Herbarium
- University of British Columbia Herbarium
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