Wet biome

From Origins to Billion-Dollar Commodity

Danielle Ellis '25

Learning about community and communication through the ant-plant

Reyna Fernando '25

U.S. Corporate Colonialism and the 'Banana Republics' of the Caribbean, Central America, and Latin America.

Riya Sama '25

Bearing Spiritual, spatial, and anti-colonial significance, banyans' symbolism spans ancient and contemporary value systems

Rhea Murdeshwar '23

How Southeast Asian empires viewed and responded to the market for black pepper

Karsen Benson '22

A medicinal history hidden by exotic ornamental representations

Yasmin Kaiser '23

Exploring the culture & co-opting of indigenous Amazonian plant knowledge

QQ Chua '22

A plant with personality* - and many names

Laila Pearson '22

Understanding the Past, Present and Future of a 'Living Fossil'

Aryn Rivers '25

More than an ornamental: the Gardenia as medicine and colonial commodity

Emily Cao '26

Economic Botany & Plantations under the Spanish Empire

Olivia Arthur '23

Amelia Yu '25

The story of an ornamental plant... and the expedition that discovered it

Ayana Hampton '25

Commonly known as Katmon, this plant is a cultural wonder of the Philippines; how have they fared through colonial times?

Bianca Lee '24

A toxic cure, a naturalized exotic, an ornamental weed – the dynamic relationship between humans and the Madagascar Periwinkle

Scout Painter '25

Orchids as multinational specimens and ornamental commodities 

Kathryn Hall '22

A plant of many names in time and space

Anna Hu '22

The roots of Rhizophora mangle prop up science, the environment, and culture.

Sam Elliott '25

Indigenous kinship, colonial extraction, and contemporary forest management

Anna Hedinger '23

The history of names and pursuits of a commonly used spice plant.

Mary McMahon '23

With a long history among people, this plant has taken on a variety of meanings, functions, and relationships. Here are some of its stories.

Sarah Charpentier '22