To Save Native Plant Communities, Diversify the Field June 10, 2024 Home Explore The Naturalist's Journal To Save Native Plant Communities, Diversify the Field Share FacebookTwitterEmail Captivated that all plants have names, a young Justin Valliere thought, “Well, I have to learn all of the plant names.” By age eight, he was already a plant ecologist conducting pumpkin seed experiments in the family garden, and at nine, his pressed plant collections were winning blue ribbons at his county’s annual 4-H fair in rural Massachusetts.
