Fieldwork
Rooted in the Outdoors
Almost all of our work in the lab begins with or includes spending time out in the field with cool plants. In recent years this has consisted primarily of expeditions to Australia and many days monitoring plants of conservation concern in the Appalachian region of the US.
Victoria River Escarpment, Northern Territory. Australia 2025.
Jason Cantley, Geoff Newton, and Kym Brennan, Australia 2025.
Aiden Webb's plant collecting machine.
Kym Brennan cooking kangaroo tail and potatoes.
Nighttime bush camp, tent view
Chris Martine, Claire Marino '23, and Tanisha Williams at Wolfe Creek Crater, Western Australia. June 2022.
Jason Cantley, Peter Jobson, Angela McDonnell. Australia 2018.
Mae Lacey ‘17 and Jason Cantley, Queensland. Australia 2016.
Martine Family and Erin Sullivan, Hawaii en route to collecting trip in Australia. 2014.
Full plant presses at the NT Herbarium, Alice Springs.
Beth Capaldi and Gemma Lionheart ‘14, Kakadu National Park, NT. 2013.
With Bill Barker, Kym Brennan, and Robyn Barker, Kakadu National Park. 2013.
Dan Vogt observing pollinators, Kakadu National Park, 2009
Processing specimens in Iquitos, Peru. 2009.
With David Symon, Kym Brennan, and Helmutt Toelken, after fieldwork in Kakadu. 2004.
With Scott Schuette, Jackson Martine, and Cheyenne Moore MS’20 on the Allegheny River, PA, 2019.
Maddie Wickers ‘23 and Anais Barnes ‘22 sampling Heuchera alba in the Susquehanna River Valley.
Isaac Buabeng MS ‘24 and Rachel Goad surveying Paxistima canbyi.
With Krissa Skogen and Mike Moore, Crow Flats, New Mexico.
Revisiting rare Schiedea sites with Ann Sakai, Steve Weller, et al. at Waimea Canyon, Kaua'i, Hawai'i
With Simon Uribe-Convers, Hannah Marx, Bill Rember, Paul Fredericks, Dave Tank, and Tim Kramer filming Plants are Cool, Too! in Idaho. 2012.
Assessing Appalachian shale barrens communities with Scott Schuette.
Jason Cantley surveying for rare cliff plants at Shikellamy Bluffs.
Surveying Justicia americana populations on the Susquehanna River with Carrie Kiel.
Visiting the Hoverter & Sholl Box Huckleberry Natural Area, a National Natural Landmark established in 1967.
Field Botany class on PA's Mid-State Trail.
Collecting by kayak, Buffalo Creek, PA
Dr. Shrub's BioCamp, 2010. Gadway Sandstone Pavement Barrens, NY.
Rutgers Newfoundland Field Experience with Dr. Roger Locandro, 1995
Rutgers Alaska Field Experience with Dr. Roger Locandro, 1995