Resume David Magney Environmental Consulting Mitchell C. Provance, Ph.D Senior Botanist, Ethnobotanist

EDUCATION: Ph.D. Plant Biology (emphasis in plant taxonomy, biogeography, and ethnobotany), University of California at Riverside, 2006. Dissertation Title: Mesoamerian persimmons. B.S. Botany, University of California at Riverside, 2000. EXPERTISE: Taxonomy of vascular plants; floristics, expecially of southern California and Mexico. Taxonomy, biogeography, and ethnobotany of Mesoamerican Diospyros (Ebenaceae). Taxonomy of the genus Chenopodium (Chenopodiaceae) in the western U.S.A. and Mexico. QUALIFICATIONS Dr. Provance, Senior Botanist at David Magney Environmental Consulting, has over 10 years AND EXPERIENCE: experience in biological studies and environmental consulting. He has extensive experience conducting botanical surveys throughout southern California and Mexico. Dr. Provance is currently a team leader conducting floristic surveys of 62,000 acres of the Tejon Ranch in Kern and Los Angeles Counties. Dr. Provance has mapped and described natural vegetation, assessing project-related impacts to natural habitats, and mapped the distributions and occurrences of special-status plant species. He has conducted surveys in Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties for a variety of projects. Prior to joining DMEC, Dr. Provance has worked as a consultant to a variety of consulting firms, including: CH2Mhill, Natural Resource Consultants, Dudek and Associates, Inc., Ken Halama, Inc., and Garcia and Associates, Inc. He has also conducted field surveys for UC Riverside Herbarium and the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden. He is currently a Museum Scientist with the University of California Riverside Botanic Garden and an Associate in the Agricultural Experiment Station at UCR Herbarium. PROFESSIONAL California Botanical Society AFFILIATIONS: Botanical Research Institute of Texas Southern California Botanists University of California, Riverside, Herbarium Research Associate PUBLICATIONS: Provance, M.C., and A.C. Sanders. 2009. (in review). An Overview of the Diospyros campechiana Complex (Ebenaceae) and Description of Three New Species. J. Bot. Res. Inst. of Texas Provance, M.C. In press. Ebenaceae, In: Listado Floristico de Oaxaca. Abisaí García- Mendoza Botanical Garden, Institute of Biology, UNAM. and Dr Gerald Salazar Chávez National Herbario, Institute of Biology, UNAM. Mexico Sanders, A.C. and M.C. Provance. (in review). A Botanical Survey of Rancho El Jabalí, Colima/Jalisco, Mexico. Biodiversity of Colima (Biodiversidad de Colima). Provance, M.C., I. Garcia-Ruiz, & A.C. Sanders. 2008. The Diospyros salicifolia Complex (Ebenaceae) in Mesoamerica. J. Bot. Res. Inst. of Texas 2:1,009-1,100 Provance, M.C. 2006. Mesoamerican Persimmons. Dissertation. University of California, Riverside Provance, M.C., & A.C. Sanders. 2006. More American Black Zapotes: New Diospyros (Ebenaceae) for Mexico and Central America. Sida 22:277-304 Provance, M.C. & A.C. Sanders. 2005. Diospyros torresii (Ebenaceae): A New Black Zapote From Tropical Mexico. Sida 21:2,045–2,050 Cahill, J.P., & M.C. Provance. 2002. Genetics of Qualitative Traits in Domesticated Chia (Salvia hispanica L.). The Journal of Heredity 93:52–55 Provance, M.C., A.C. Sanders, V. Soza, S. Boyd, D. Bramlet, & A.L. Wolf. 2000. Noteworthy Collections, California. Ambrosia pumilla, Dicoria canescens, Erodium malacoides, Koeleria phleoides, Monardella pringlei, Nama stenocarpum, Quercus palmeri. Madroño 47:139-141 Soza, V., M.C. Provance, A.C. Sanders, & S. Boyd. 2000. Noteworthy Collections, California. Brickellia knappiana, Brickellia multiflora, (etc.). Madroño 47:141-142

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