Rachel J. Collins,^1,*,** M. Henry H. Stevens,^2,*** Sam Truslow,^3,**** Ryan Klopf,^4,***** Ryan D. Huish<sup>5,******

1</sup>Biology Department, Roanoke College, 221 College Lane, Salem, VA
²Department of Biology, Miami University, Oxford, OH
³The Nature Conservancy in Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
⁴Virginia Natural Heritage Program, Roanoke, VA
⁵Natural Sciences Department, The University of Virginia's College at Wise, Wise, VA

^*Corresponding author: rcollins@roanoke.edu; 540-375-2034
^**Rachel J. Collins (MS Miami University, PhD University of Pittsburgh) is a professor of biology with research interests in the community ecology of forests including population dynamics of rare plants, the impacts of invasive species on native species, and the restoration of degraded sites.
^***M. Henry H. Stevens (MS, PhD University of Pittsburgh) is an associate professor of biology with research interests in the ecology of mutualisms, population and community dynamics, and environmental justice.
^****Sam C. Truslow is the Director of Land Management for The Nature Conservancy in Virginia where he focuses on the stewardship and ecological management of protected lands with an emphasis on the use of prescribed fire as a management tool.
^*****Ryan Klopf (PhD, Southern Illinois University Carbondale) is the Natural Areas Science Coordinator and Mountain Region Supervisor for the Virginia Natural Heritage Program.
^******Ryan D. Huish (PhD, City University of New York) is an associate professor of biology at the University of Virginia's College at Wise, with research interests in ethnobotany, ecology, and the conservation of rare plants and biocultural heritage.