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Connie Harrington, Silviculturist & Tree Physiologist

Forests & Plants
Front cover of Dr. Connie Harrington Collector Card
  • Ph.D., University of Washington (Seattle)
  • USDA Forest Service Scientist
  • A silviculturist studies how trees interact with each other and how changing a tree’s neighborhood influences how it grows and the other plants that grow with it.  A tree physiologist studies the biological processes that influence tree growth.