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23 moments

Through the years

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Kasey Barton at an Organization for Tropical Studies summer course in Costa Rica — Organization for Tropical Studies · Costa Rica, 2015

Carolina Quintero, Kasey Barton, and Mary Jamieson in Buenos Aires — New Phytologist Symposium · Argentina, 2013

Waimea Canyon on Kauaʻi — Waimea Canyon · Kauaʻi

Desmond holding a homegrown carrot — A first botanical success

Jsl and Desmond with a coffee plant on Hawaiʻi Island — Coffee plant research trip · Hawaiʻi Island, 2010

Veronica Gibson and Ryan Hoan hiking in the Koʻolau Mountains — Lab alumni in the Koʻolau Mountains

Desmond assisting with a rooftop plant experiment — Rooftop experiment

Zora posing in front of plants — Zora among the plants · 2013

Kasey collecting pua kala seeds on Molokaʻi — Collecting pua kala seeds · Molokaʻi, 2011

Desmond collecting data at Waimānalo Research Station — Poppy garden experiment · Waimānalo, 2014

Zora flying a kite during field data collection in Waimānalo — Field day in Waimānalo · 2014

Silversword research on Haleakalā — Silversword research · Haleakalā, 2009

Silver birch community genetics experiment in Finland — Silver birch experiment · Finland, 2009

Pentaclethra macroloba at La Selva, Costa Rica — Ph.D. research at La Selva · 2001

Plantago lanceolata inflorescence — Plantago lanceolata · Colorado, 2005

Buckeye caterpillar eating a Plantago lanceolata leaf — Buckeye caterpillar and Plantago

Preparing a plot for a Plantago farm experiment — Preparing the Plantago experiment · 2007

Plantago lanceolata greenhouse experiment — Greenhouse experiment · Colorado, 2004

At Missouri Botanical Garden — Missouri Botanical Garden · 1999

Woolly bear caterpillar eating a Plantago major leaf — Woolly bear caterpillar and Plantago

Plantago lanceolata plants in a greenhouse experiment — Plantago greenhouse study · 2004

Plantago patagonica inflorescence — Plantago patagonica · Colorado, 2003

Surveying Plantago in Boulder Open Space — Boulder Open Space Plantago survey · 2006

Field stories

Watch the work

Two short glimpses into poppy research and life in the field.

The Poppy Project

Joyce Auau · Summer 2014

Kasey’s field assistant

Desmond “Dezi” Barton Maurer · Summer 2011

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