Tag Plants

Prescribed burns planned in Lakeshore Nature Preserve

November 13, 2012

Don't be surprised if you notice a dark cloud of smoke rising near the western edge of campus soon. What you are seeing is most likely one of the prescribed burns that may take place in areas of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve during the next week or two, weather conditions permitting.

Academic staff office features botany art of Kandis Elliot

March 8, 2012

In some ways, Kandis Elliot’s artwork can be like the carnivorous plants she introduces on one of her posters.

New plant species named after UW botany professor

January 21, 2012

A new species has been named in honor of botany professor David Baum.

UW–Madison botanist plucks new flower from Isle Royale

September 22, 2011

One of the world's newest sunflower species, discovered by a University of Wisconsin–Madison botanist, has carved out a very small but safe niche on an island in Lake Superior.

UW-Madison artist wins international visualization challenge

February 28, 2011

Watch yourself around Kandis Elliot's art, because it may be smuggling things into your brain.

Special symposium addresses practical applications of evolution

September 14, 2010

The Center of Rapid Evolution (CORE) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is sponsoring a special event to foster discussion and outreach about how the science of evolution applies to real-world problems.

Snaring bigger bugs gave flytraps evolutionary edge

August 25, 2009

Carnivorous plants defy our expectations of how plants should behave, with Venus flytraps employing nerve-like reflexes and powerful digestive enzymes to capture and consume fresh meat. The evolutionary history of these botanical oddities is now a bit clearer, thanks to new work.

Isolated forest patches lose species, diversity

June 9, 2009

Failing to see the forest for the trees may be causing us to overlook the declining health of Wisconsin's forest ecosystems.

Bringing modern roots to a traditional collection

December 18, 2008

Ken Cameron joined the faculty earlier this year as an associate professor of botany and director of the Wisconsin State Herbarium. He cites the botany department — one of a relative few remaining university botany departments, most having folded into larger biology departments — as a strong draw, along with the mix of teaching, research and administrative duties offered by his joint appointment.

Evolution’s hand detailed in Hawaiian lobeliads

October 16, 2008

A team led by UW–Madison botanists Thomas Givnish and Kenneth Sytsma details the evolutionary history of a diverse tropical group of flowering plants long viewed as one of the plant world's most dramatic examples of adaptive radiation, the phenomenon of new species arising from a single ancestor to occupy a multitude of ecological roles.

ESA to feature wide range of UW–Madison presentations

August 5, 2008

The Ecological Society of America will hold its 93rd annual meeting on Aug. 3-8, 2008, in Milwaukee, Wis. The society was founded in 1915 to promote the practice and awareness of ecological science. This year’s meeting will highlight the interdisciplinary nature of ecology and linking research with education. A wide range of UW–Madison research will be presented at the meeting.