Mitchell C. Provance is a Botanist with a thorough understanding of the diversity and complexity of the flora of California and Mexico.   He has over 10 years of field experience in botanical studies.   Dr. Provance has experience conducting botanical surveys in southern California and Mexico.   He is currently a team member conducting floristic surveys of 62,000 acres of the Tejon Ranch in Kern and Los Angeles Counties.

Dr. Provance has mapped and described natural vegetation, assessing project-related impacts to natural habitats, and mapped the distributions and occurrences of special-status plant species.   He has conducted surveys in Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties for a variety of projects.   Dr. Provance has mapped and described natural vegetation, assessing project-related impacts to natural habitats, and mapped the distributions and occurrences of special-status plant species.  

Prior to joining DMEC, Dr. Provance has worked as a consultant to a variety of consulting firms, including: CH2Mhill, Natural Resource Consultants, Dudek and Associates, Inc., Ken Halama, Inc., and Garcia and Associates, Inc.   He has also conducted field surveys for UC Riverside Herbarium and the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden.   Dr. Provance is currently a Museum Scientist with the University of California Riverside Botanic Garden and an Associate in the Agricultural Experiment Station at UCR Herbarium..

Dr. Provance has earned a B.S. in Botany in 2000 from the University of California at Riverside (UCR) and a Ph.D. in Plant Biology from UCR in 2006.   Dr. Provance has conducted research on the taxonomy, biogeography, and ethnobotany of Mesoamerican Diospyros (Ebenaceae).   He has authored or coauthored several scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals since 2000.

Professional Affiliations

• Botanical Research Institute of Texas
• Southern California Botanists
• University of California, Riverside Herbarium