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Peter Del Tredici
Lecturer Department of Landscape Architecture |
Curriculum Vitae
| Education | |
| 1968 | B.A. Zoology: University of California, Berkeley |
| 1969 | M.A. Biology: University of Oregon, 1969. |
| 1991 | Ph.D. Biology: Boston University, 1991. Dr. R. B. Primack, thesis advisor. Thesis topic: "The Evolution and Natural History of Ginkgo biloba, L." Research on this project extended over a three year period and involved travel to eastern China (fall of 1989) and to South Carolina. |
| Professional and Administrative Experience | |
| 2003-present | Senior Research Scientist, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University In this capacity, I am in charge of developing a research program utilizing the living collections of the Arnold Arboretum, focusing on ecological monitoring issues, including phenology, invasive species, soil conditions, pathology, and hydrology. I am also utilizing the Arboretum’s collections for research on the taxonomy and cultivation of specific plant genera, notably Tsuga and Stewartia. |
| 1992-present | Lecturer, Harvard University Graduate School of Design Since 1992, I have had an appointment as a lecturer, which initially involved teaching a seven-week course “Plants and Design” to second year graduate students in Landscape Architecture at the GSD. I am still teaching the course today, which covers plant identification, plant ecology, and site evaluation. In the fall of 2000 and 2001, I taught a course on “Sustainable Landscapes.” Since the fall of 2003, I have been working half-time at the GSD, and am now teaching one full semester course: “Rebuilding Devastated Landscapes” (fall) and a new module on soils to second year students (“Plants and Technology II”). |
| May 1992- July 2003 |
Director of Living Collections of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University I managed the Living Collections Department, consisting of eight staff members and fourteen unionized grounds crew working in maintenance, propagation, and plant records sub-departments. Ultimately I was responsible for overseeing all aspects of planning, development, and maintenance for the Arboretum's collections, spread out over 265 acres, and consisting of some 17,000 accessioned plants. The primary purpose of these collections is scientific in nature, and my responsibility was to oversee their research use by Arboretum staff as well as by scientists from other academic institutions. My own interests during this time period included the morphology and ecology of sprouting in gymnosperms; the development of form in woody plants; and the growth and physiology of plant root systems. As a representative of the Arboretum, I have participated in eight plant collecting expeditions to China: to Hubei Province in central China (1994), to Zhejiang Province in eastern China to study Ginkgo biloba (1989 and 1995), to Jilin Province in northeast China (1997), to Guizhou Province to observe Ginkgo biloba growing in the wild (2002), to Jiangxi Province in central China to collect Stewartia (2004), to Sichuan Province in southwest China (2005), and to Chongqing Province to study wild Ginkgo (2007). I have also collected a wide variety of plants in various parts of North America. |
| 1989-April 1992 | Editor of Arnoldia, the Magazine of the Arnold Arboretum I was responsible for coordinating all phases of the production of this quarterly publication, from soliciting, editing, and writing articles to supervising design, printing, and distribution. In all, I produced fourteen issues of Arnoldia. |
| 1979-89 | Assistant Plant Propagator, Arnold Arboretum I participated in all aspects of the operation of the Dana Greenhouses and nurseries. I specialized in propagation of woody plants from seed, cuttings, and grafting, and have published on a wide variety of plants at the Arboretum. |
| 1972-77 | Research Technician, Cabot Foundation Laboratories, Harvard Forest, Petersham, Mass. I was in charge of operating the laboratories and greenhouses and participated in research investigating nitrogen-fixation by non-leguminous trees and shrubs, primarily Comptonia peregrina, the sweet fern. The work culminated with the first successful isolation and in vitro cultivation of an actinobacteria in the genus Frankia. I also worked on the biology of seeds buried in forested soils. |
| 1982 to present | Curator of the Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection In this capacity, I have been responsible for all aspects of the care and maintenance of this collection of bonsai trees, which is of the most historically significant bonsai collections in North America. |
| Awards | |
| Awarded a Bullard Fellowship in Forest Research from the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Massachusetts, where I was in residence from September 1, 1999 through March 1, 2000. | |
| Winner of the Arthur Hoyt Scott Medal and Award for 1999, presented annually by the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College to either an individual or organization "in recognition of their outstanding national contributions to the science and art of gardening." | |
| Winner of the Jackson Dawson Medal for 1986, awarded by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for "skill in the science and practice of hybridization and propagation of plants." | |
Complete Bibliography 1997-2008 |
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Scientific and Popular Articles (arranged chronologically) |
| Author = Del Tredici, P. unless otherwise noted. | |
| 2008 | "Disturbance ecology and symbiosis in mine-reclamation design". In: A. Berger (ed.), Designing the Reclaimed Landscape, pp. 13-25. Taylor and Francis, New York. |
| "Adapting to Environmental Change: The Challenges Facing Plants and People". Special publication of the New York Botanical Garden on The Impact of Climate Change on Horticulture, the proceedings of a symposium held on April 20, 2007, in press. | |
| 2007 | "The phenology of sexual reproduction in Ginkgo biloba: ecological and evolutionary implications". Botanical Review 73(4): 267-278. |
| "The role of horticulture in a changing world". In: M. Conan and W. J. Kress (eds.): Botanical Progress, Horticultural Innovation, and Cultural Changes, pp. 259-264. Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. | |
| "Magnolia x thompsoniana ‘Cairn Croft.’" Magnolia 41(79): 4-9 (reprinted in Arnoldia 65 (1): 10-12). | |
| "’Vardar Valley’ Boxwood and its Balkan brothers". Arnoldia 65(2): 2-14 (reprinted in Boxwood Bulletin). | |
| "The paperbark maple—one hundred years later". Arnoldia 65(2): 40. | |
| "The Arnold Arboretum: a botanical bridge between the United States and China form 1915 through 1948". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 48(2): 261-268(repinted in Chinese in Chinese Landscape Architecture (2007) 23(139): 51-55). | |
| 2006 | "Brave new ecology". Landscape Architecture 96 (February): 46-52. |
| "From temple to terrace: the remarkable journey of the oldest bonsai in America". Arnoldia 64(2, 3):1-56. | |
| "The other Kinsey report". Natural History 115(6): 22-25. | |
| 2005 | "Capturing and cutivating Chosenia". Arnoldia 63(3): 18-27. |
| "The Larz Anderson Collection of Japanese dwarf trees and the early importation of 'Chabo Hiba' Hinoki Cypress into North America". In: Proceedings of the International Scholarly Symposium on Bonsai and Viewing Stones (May 2002), pp. 105-128. National Bonsai Foundation, Washington, D.C. | |
| "Against all odds: cultivating Franklinia in Boston". Arnoldia 63(4): 2-7. | |
| Dosmann, M. and P. Del Tredici.. "The Sino-American Botanical Expedition of 1980: a retrospective analysis of success". HortScience 40(1): 8-9. | |
| 2004 | "Parthenocissus tricuspidata 'Fenway Park.'" Arnoldia 62(4): 29-30. |
| "Neocreationism and the illusion of ecological restoration". Harvard Design Magazine 20: 87-89. | |
| Del Tredici, P. and A. Kitajima. "Chinese hemlock, Tsuga chinensis, at the Arnold Arboretum: introduction, cultivation, and resistance to hemlock Woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae". Journal of Arboriculture 30(5): 282-286. | |
| Li, J., J. Ledger, D. Zhang and P. Del Tredici. Identification of a heath-leaved cypress cultivar based on sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. HortScience 39 (6): 1217-1219. | |
| Li, J., J. Ledger, T. Ward and P. Del Tredici. "Phylogenetics of Calycanthaceae based on molecular and morphological data, with a special reference to divergent paralogues of the nrDNA ITS region". Harvard Papers in Botany 9(1): 69-82. | |
| Primack, D., C. Imbres, R.B. Primack, A.J. Miller-Rushing and P. Del Tredici. 2004. "Herbarim specimens demonstrate earlier flowering times in response to warming in Boston". American Journal of Botany 91(8): 1260-1264. | |
| 2003 | "Stewartia 'Scarlet Sentinel'". Arnoldia 62 (2): 16-22. |
| Dosmann, M. and P. Del Tredici. "Plant introduction, distribution and survival: a case study of the 1980 Sino-American Botanical Expedition". BioScience 53: 588-597. | |
| P. Del Tredici and J. Li. "Classification and nomenclature of weeping katsuras". The Plantsman, N.S. 2: 21-27. | |
| 2002 | "Gestalt dendrology: looking at the whole tree". Arnoldia 61(4): 2-8. |
| "A camellia grows in Boston". New York Times November 26, 2002, p. A27. | |
| Del Tredici, P. and J. Li. "Stewartia ‘Scarlet Sentinel.’" HortScience 37(2): 412-414 | |
| Del Tredici, P. and S.A. Spongberg. "The Arnold Arboretum". In: Encyclopedia of Gardens: History and Design, pp. 78-80. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago. | |
| Balz, J. P., R. Ross and P. Del Tredici. "A Brief History of the Ginkgo biloba Planations in France and the United States, with a Summary of Best Management Practices". Report prepared for the Board of Directors, Beaufour-Ipsen Group. | |
| Li, J., J. Alexander, T. Ward, P. Del Tredici and R. Nicholson. "Phylogenetic relationships of Empetraceae inferred from sequences of chloroplast gene matK and nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS region". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25: 306-315. | |
| 2001 | Li, J., C.C. Davis, P. Del Tredici and M.J. Donoghue. "Phylogeny and biogeography of Taxus (Taxaceae) inferred from sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region of nuclear ribosomal DNA". Harvard Papers in Botany 6: 267-274. |
| Li, J., C.C. Davis, M.J. Donoghue, S. Kelley and P. Del Tredici. "Phylogenetic relationships of Torreya (Taxaceae) inferred from sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS region". Harvard Papers in Botany 6: 275-281. | |
| Li, J., P. Del Tredici, S. Yang and M.J. Donoghue. 2002. "Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Stewartia (Camellioideae, Theaceae) inferred from nuclear ribosomal DNA ITS sequence". Rhodora 104: 117-133. | |
| Li, J., M. Dosmann, P. Del Tredici and S. Andrews. 2002. "Systematic relationship of weeping katsuras based on nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences". HortScience 37: 595-598. | |
| " Survival of the most adaptable". Arnoldia 60(4): 10-18. | |
| "Nature abhors a garden". Pacific Horticulture 62 (3): 5-6. | |
| "Sprouting in temperate trees: a morphological and ecological review". Botanical Review 67 (2): 121-140. | |
| 2000 | "Woody plants—a blast from the past". American Nurseryman 192(9): 56-63. |
| "Plant exploration: a historic overview". In: J. R. Ault (ed.): Plant Exploration: Protocols for the Present, Concerns for the Future, pp. 1-5. Symposium Proceedings, March 18-19, 1999. Chicago Botanical Garden, Glencoe, Illinois. | |
| "The evolution, ecology, and cultivation of Ginkgo biloba". In: T. van Beek (ed.): Ginkgo biloba, pp.7-23. Harwood Academic Publishers, Amsterdam. | |
| 1999 | "Aging and Rejuvenation in Trees". Arnoldia 59(4): 10-16. |
| "Redwood burls: immortality underground". Arnoldia 59(3): 14-22. | |
| 1998 | "Lignotuber formation in Sequoia sempervirens: development and ecological significance". Madroño 45: 255-260. |
| "The first and final flowering of Muriel’s bamboo". Arnoldia 58(3): 11-17. | |
| "Aging, rejuvenation, and propagation in trees". Combined Proceedings of the International Plant Propagators’ Society 48: 3-8. | |
| "The ecology and economics of elm replacement in Harvard Yard". Arnoldia 58(1): 27-32. | |
| 1997 | "Lignotuber formation in Ginkgo biloba". In: T. Hori, R. W. Ridge, W. Tulecke, P. Del Tredici, J. Tremouillaux-Guiller and H. Tobe (eds.): Ginkgo biloba--A Global Treasure, pp. 119-126. Springer-Verlag, Tokyo. |
| Hori, T., R.W. Ridge, W. Tulecke, P. Del Tredici, J. Tremouillaux-Guiller and H. Tobe (editors): Ginkgo biloba--A Global Treasure. Springer-Verlag, Tokyo. | |
BOOK in Process with Cornell University Press |
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