Amanita sp. (species unknown!)
Mount Collins, GRSM
Welcome to my plant world!
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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
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
Other fun things!
Other things in nature that also fascinate me - fungi & fauna
baby field mouse hiding under blackberry vines
Bolinas, CA
Red-cheeked sally (Plethodon jordani)
Mount Collins, GRSM
Gopher tortoise - keystone species!
Seminole county, FL
Earthstar
Great Smoky Mountains NP
Bright yellow banana slug!
Big Basin State Park
Praying mantis!
Point Reyes NS
Bright red mushrooms!
Great Smoky Mountains NP
Pipevine swallowtail caterpillar
Marin Headlands, CA
polite tree frog
Alachua, FL
Challenges of field botany
The crispiest and tiniest of plants
Plagiobothrys nothofulvus
Popcorn flower
Acmispon sp.
Triphysaria???
Thanks for visiting!
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