Chiapas, Mexico
Dr. Stephen
L. Clark,
Professor of Botany
Plant Taxonomist and Ethnobotanist
“Kenan Fellow”
Director of the Herbarium
Director, Institute of American Indian Botany
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Courses taught: Vascular Plant Taxonomy,
Ethnobotany, Plant Geography, Survey of the Plant Kingdom, Intermountain Flora,
Ethnobotany of the Great Basin, Herbal Medicines.
Academic Interests: Ethnobotany of all indigenous people, Vascular Flora of the Western U.S., Taxonomy of Penstemon, The Nature of the “Species”, trying to understand how nature works, helping students expand their vision of the world.
Other interests: Travel with my wife Nancy, making music, writing poetry, recording “cool images” on film, camping with my family, “un-winding” with my dog named “Buddha”.
Speaking with the Spirits of
The Rainforest, Belize
Buddha
Kalahari Desert, Botswana
Ripples in a pond
Dragonflies and Water
Lilies
Ripples in a pond
My Teacher the Sea Lion. Galapagos Islands
Nancy in Northern Australia
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