Norman C. Melvin III (born July 11, 1950) is a botanist and plant ecologist.

Education and career

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, Melvin graduated in 1973 from

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with B.S. in biology and in 1976 from

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with M.S. in botany. In 1980 he received his Ph.D. in botany from Ohio's

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. From 1980 to 1990 he was an associate professor of biology and chair of the biology department at St. Andrews Presbyterian College in

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. From 1990 to 1995 he was employed in

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as a State Plant Ecologist by the

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's Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). From 1995 to 2004 he was a botanist/plant ecologist at the NCRS Wetland Science Institute (which the NRCS created in 1994). While he worked at the Wetland Science Institute, he was also an adjunct professor at both the

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and

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in Baltimore. In 2004 the NCRS underwent reorganization and replaced the Wetland Science Institute by the Wetland Technology Development Team (located in

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). In 2004 Melvin was appointed the Leader of the Wetland Technology Development Team and held the appointment until he retired in March 2018. As Team Leader, he served as the national representative of the NCRS on issues related to the botany and ecology of wetlands.

Selected publications

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References

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