Michael N Dana

Professor Horticulture

Department: Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Phone: 765.494.5923
Fax: 765-494-0391
Office: Hort 205-A
E-mail: dana@purdue.edu

Area of Expertise: Landscape Horticulture
Curriculum Vitae

Teaching Responsibilities

    * HORT 101, Fundamentals of HOrticulture
    * HORT 218, Herbaceous Landscape Plants
    * HORT 317, Landscape Contracting & Maintenance
    * HORT 390, Cooperative Program in Horticulture
    * HORT 425, Landscape Horticulture Capstone Project
    * HORT 450, In the English Landscape

Landscape Horticulture

Our native flora, particularly the prairie herbaceous plant community, is an underutilized resource for landscape horticulture. Prairie management and restoration, for maintenance of bio-diversity and natural areas, has been studied for decades. Research is needed to allow more "mainstream" use of native prairie species, both as traditional horticultural subjects or in diverse, low-input, stable plant communities. Current research focuses on: 1)establishment methods, 2)assessment of genetic diversity within and between populations, and 3)identification and development of superior horticultural types within native species.