The Department of Wildlife and Natural Resources has been awarded the John Z. Duling Grant (treefund.org) for $22,950 to conduct research on native trees and shrubs of Texas.  A joint effort, this research includes Natural Resource Ecology Professor Dr. Darrel Murray, Graduate Research Assistant Bryan Dunn, Lecturer and Graduate Research Assistant David Johnston, Horticulture Professor Dr. Mauricio Erazo-Barradas, Graduate Assistant Adam Dailey, and Dr. Jim Muir of AgriLife.  This research seeks to increase successful propagation of difficult-to-germinate native tree and shrub species of Texas using different sowing times and seed germination treatments with the intent to bolster biodiversity, and conduct habitat management and ecosystem restoration throughout Texas by returning successfully propagated species into urban and native ecosystems.