Funding Eastern Illinois University                College of Sciences                Council on Faculty Research (Office of Grants and Research)                Honors Program                Lewis Hanford Tiffany Botany Graduate Research Fund                Scholars in Undergraduate Research at Eastern (SURE) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign                Jonathon Baldwin Turner Undergraduate Research Program                (College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences)                Special Undergraduate Research on the Environment (Environmental Council) Other Sources                Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research (CFAR)                Illinois Department of Natural Resources (Wildlife Preservation Fund)                Illinois Native Plant Society                Illinois State Academy of Science