Matt Ritter


Matt Ritter is an author, editor and botany professor at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo.
He specializes in cultivated trees, and is an expert of the genus Eucalyptus.
Ritter was Editor-in-Chief of Madroño, the journal of the California Botanical Society for five years.
He is the California coordinator of the Official National Register of Big Trees.
Ritter is a contributing author to the second edition of the Jepson Manual of California native plants, and to the Flora of North America projects.

Books

Ritter, Matt Plants of San Luis Obispo, Their Lives and Stories, Kendall Hunt, Dubuque, IA
Ritter, Matt A Californian’s Guide to the Trees among Us, Heyday, Berkeley, CA
Ritter, Matt California Plants: A Guide to Our Iconic Flora, Pacific Street Publishing, San Luis Obispo, CA/Heyday, Berkeley, CA
Ritter, Matt Rainwalkers, Pacific Street Publishing, San Luis Obispo, CA
Ritter, Matt Something Wonderful, Pacific Street Publishing, San Luis Obispo, CA

Awards

2011 R. W. Harris Excellence in Education Award from the International Society of Arboriculture.
2012 California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo Distinguished Teaching Award
2018 California Urban Forests Council Excellence in Education Award
2020 Finalist for novel Rainwalkers