Kaitlin Yap

This is my personal website meant to document and share my botany journey - fun places I go and new plants I learn along the way!

Currently in Denver, Colorado

Plants of the Southern Rockies

Explore plants I encountered while working with the Denver Botanic Gardens

Plants of California

Explore plants I encountered while working with the San Francisco Bay Area Inventory & Monitoring Network

Plants of Southern Appalachia

Explore plants I encountered while working with the Great Smoky Mountains Inventory & Montitoring Network

Plants of Florida

Explore plants from my homestate 🐊

About me

My life in a nutshell...

Roots

I was born in Orlando, Florida where I grew up until I left for college and moved to Gainesville, FL.

Education

B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Florida. Currently with the University of Colorado Denver and Denver Botanic Gardens working on my Masters!

Work

My botanizing began in college in Florida. Since then, I've botanized in places from the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennesee all the way to the Bay Area in California!



Interests

In my free time I enjoy climbing, hiking, and backpacking. When I'm not outside, I am reading, crocheting, baking.


Plant favorites

Favorite plant family? Orobanchaceae

Fieldwork

Some of my favorite fieldwork memories!

Other fun things!

Other things in nature that also fascinate me - fungi & fauna

Challenges of field botany

The crispiest and tiniest of plants




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