E. Lucy Braun

1889 – 1971

Emma Lucy Braun was a prominent botanist, ecologist, and expert on the forests of the eastern United States who was a professor of the University of Cincinnati. She was an environmentalist before the term was popularized, and a pioneering woman in her field, winning many awards for her work.

• Deciduous forests of eastern North America
• A key to the deciduous trees of Ohio, native and planted, in winter condition
• A new fern hybrid-Asplenium cryptolepis x Camptosorus rhizophyllus
• A new species and a new variety of Solidago from Kentucky
• A remarkable colony of Coastal Plain plants on the Cumberland Plateau in Laurel County, Kentucky
• An annotated catalog of spermatophytes of Kentucky
• An ecological survey of the vegetation of Fort Hill State Memorial, Highland County, Ohio and annotated list of vascular plants
• Composition and source of the flora of the Cincinnati region
• Deciduous Forest Climaxes
• Deciduous forests of eastern North America
• Forests of the Illinoian till plain of southwestern Ohio
• Glacial and post-glacial migrations indicated by relic colonies of southern Ohio