2025 Recipients
Natalie Braun, University of California, Merced
Botanical Survey of the Fort Sage OHV Area, Lassen County
Elsa de Becker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Calochortus tolmiei in San Mateo, Santa Cruz, and Santa Clara Counties
Sarah De Groot, Kansas State University
Botanical Exploration and Documentation in the Southern Last Chance Range, Death Valley National Park
Hannah Kang, Brigham Young University
Cryptic Species Discovery in the Navarretia leucocephala Complex
Field surveys for high elevation Jeffrey pine and other trees in the southern Sierra Nevada
2024 Recipients
Lynn Breithaupt, University of California, Merced
Documenting California's Central Valley Biodiversity with Campus Collaboration.
Garrett Goodrich, California Botanic Garden
Flora of the Jennie Lakes Wilderness and Boulder Creek Watershed, Fresno and Tulare Counties, California.
Logan Phillips, Bureau of Land Management, Eagle Lake Field Office
Flora of the Skedaddle Wilderness Study Area.
Matthew Yamamoto, California Botanic Garden
A Flora of the McGee Creek Watershed, Mono County, California.
2023 Recipients
Magdalene Lo, California Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Castilleja species complexes along the Northern California coast
John McLaughlin, San Jose State University
Bryophyte Flora of Henry W. Coe State Park
Jen Pagel, San Francisco State University
Flora of Snow Mountain Wilderness
2022 Recipients
Shane Hanofee, Kleinfelder
Lava Cap Formation Surveys in Nevada and Sierra Counties
Dana York, Botany Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Cataloging Plant Richness and Rare Taxa in the Marble Mountain Wilderness
Matt Berger
Limestone Outcrops Survey along the Shasta and Siskiyou County Border