Janice Carson Beatley

Janice Carson Beatley (March 18, 1919 – November 14, 1987) was an American botanist, known for her fieldwork on the forests of Ohio and the flora of the Nevada Atomic Test Site. Beatley was Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Cincinnati. She has three plant species named in her honour including .

Early life and education Janice Carson Beatley was born in Columbus, Ohio to Earle Beatley and Alice Elizabeth (Carson) Beatley. In 1935, she graduated from North High School in Columbus, then went on to obtain three degrees from Ohio State University, a B.A. in zoology (1940), and a M.S. (1948) and a PhD (1953), both in botany with research in plant ecology.

Career During her early career, Beatley conducted extensive studies of the forests of central and southern Ohio, including a survey of more than 1000 species of wintergreen herbaceous flora. This work, published as "The winter-green herbaceous flowering plants of Ohio" (1956), is believed to be the first comprehensive study of its kind in North America.

From 1960 to 1973 she was a research ecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles and the Nevada Test Site at Mercury, Nevada.

Beatley was a member of many professional scientific bodies, as well as an active supporter of several environmental protection organizations. Three plant species are named for her: Astragalus beatleyae Barneby, Eriogonum beatleyae Reveal, and Phacelia beatleyae Reveal and Constance. In the years following, the Janice Carson Beatley Herbarium Fund was created in her honor at The Ohio State University.

Publications A selection of the most widely held works by Beatley:

+ Notable Publications Year Title City Publisher 1953 The primary forests of Vinton and Jackson counties, Ohio Columbus, OH Ohio State University (Doctoral dissertation) 1959 The primeval forests of a periglacial area in the Allegheny Plateau (Vinton and Jackson Counties, Ohio) Columbus, OH Ohio State University 1962 Vascular plants of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada Washington, DC Office of Technical Services, Dept. of Commerce 1965 Ecology of the Nevada Test Site Los Angeles, CA UCLA Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Biology 1969 Vascular plants of the Nevada test site, Nellis Air Force Range, and Ash Meadows. (Northern Mojave and Southern Great Basin Deserts, South-central Nevada) Los Angeles, CA Place of publication not identified 1971 Vascular plants of Ash Meadows, Nevada Los Angeles, CA University of California, Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Biology; Atomic Energy Commission 1971 Ecologic and geographic distributions of the vascular plants of Southern Nye county, and adjacent part of Clark, Lincoln, and Esmeralda counties, Nevada Los Angeles, CA Place of publication not identified 1973 Check list of vascular plants of the Nevada test site and central-southern Nevada Cincinnati, OH Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati 1976 Vascular plants of the Nevada test site and central-southern Nevada: ecologic and geographic distributions Oak Ridge, TN Technical Information Center, Office of Technical Information, Energy Research and Development Administration 1977 Threatened plant species of the Nevada Test Site, Ash Meadows, and Central-Southern Nevada Cincinnati, OH Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati 1977 Endangered plant species of the Nevada Test Site, Ash Mountain, and Central-Southern Nevada Cincinnati, OH Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati 1979 Shrub and tree data for plant associations across the Mojave/Great Basin Desert transition of the Nevada Test Site, 1963-1975 Washington, DC U.S. Dept. of Energy

Beatley also conducted research on the sunflowers of Tennessee and the buckeyes of Ohio, among others.

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