Christopher S. ReidDr. Christopher S. Reid

Instructor

Room 216, RNR Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

phone: (225) 578-0783
email: creid4@lsu.edu

Education

  • 2016: Doctor of Philosophy: Plant Biology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
  • 2000: Master of Science: Biology, University of Louisiana at Monroe
  • 1997: Bachelor of Science in Forestry: Forest Managment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Courses Taught

  • RNR 2001 – Trees and Woody Plants of the Southeastern United States
  • HORT/RNR 2900 – Horticultural Botany
  • RNR 3034 – Field Studies in Dendrology (taught at forestry camp)
  • BIOL/RNR 4020 – Taxonomy and Ecology of Wetland Plants
  • RNR 4060 – Upland Plants

Professional Interests

As a botanist, my main role is teaching plant identification courses to build botanical skills and to expand ecological awareness in RNR students. Taxonomically, I am a generalist with broad knowledge of the flora and vegetation of the southeastern coastal plain.

I am particularly interested in grasses and sedges, and native grasslands. My recent efforts have focused on conservation of Louisiana’s coastal prairie. This work has included research of the flora and vegetation of prairie remnants and application of stewardship actions such as prescribed burning and chemical and mechanical control of encroaching brush.

Representative Publications

  • Early, B.S., C.S. Reid, C.L. Mathey, and C. Doffitt. 2024. Louisiana coastal prairie vascular flora checklist with coefficients of conservatism for floristic quality assessments. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 18(2): 389-430. https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v18.i2.1374. 
  • E.K. Stafford and C.S. Reid. 2023. First report of Washingtonia robusta naturalized in Louisiana, USA. Palms 67(3): 137-145.
  • Reid, C.S. 2021. First report of the globally vulnerable Myriophyllum laxum (Haloragaceae) in Louisiana. Phytoneuron 2021-8: 1-5.
  • Reid, C.S. 2021. Two interesting vascular plant collections from a peaty coastal freshwater marsh in southwestern Louisiana. Phytoneuron 2021-9: 1-4.
  • Feher, L.C., L.K. Allain, M.J. Osland, E. Pigott, C. Reid, and N. Latiolais. 2020. A comparison of plant communities in restored, old field, and remnant coastal prairies. Restoration Ecology 29(3): e13330. https://doi.org/10.1111/rec.13325. 
  • Reid, C.S., V.P. Doyle, J.R. Carter, Y. Vargas-Rodriguez, and L.E. Urbatsch. 2017. Molecular systematics of targeted flat sedges (Cyperus, Cyperaceae) of the Americas. Plant Ecology and Evolution 150: 343-357.  https://10.5091/plecevo.2017.1262.    
  • Allain, L.K., C.P. Conzelmann, and C.S. Reid. 2017. Guide to the plants of Louisiana: U.S. Geological Survey web application, available at https://warcapps.usgs.gov/PlantID. 
  • Holcomb, S.H., A.A. Bass, C.S. Reid, N.F. Lorenz, B.B. Gregory, S.M. Javed, and K.F. Balkum. 2015. Louisiana wildlife action plan. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Baton Rouge. Available online at: https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/resources/category/wildlife-action-plans. 
  • Reid, C.S. and M.J. Lewis. 2014. Noteworthy vascular plant collections from the Red River of Arkansas and Louisiana, U.S.A. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8(1): 197-201.
  • Reid, C.S., R. Carter, and L. Urbatsch. 2014. Phylogenetic insight into New World Cyperus (Cyperaceae) using nuclear ITS sequences. Brittonia 66(3): 292-305.
  • Reid, C.S., P.L. Faulkner, M.H. MacRoberts, B.R. MacRoberts, and M. Bordelon. 2010. Vascular flora and edaphic characteristics of saline prairies in Louisiana. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 4(1): 357-379.
  • Rosen, D.J., C.S. Reid, M.S. Gonzalez-Elizondo, and R. Kral. 2008. Rediscovery of Fuirena repens (Cyperaceae), a rare endemic of the Mexican High Plateau. Acta Botanica Mexicana 85: 39-43.