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University of Wyoming
Department of Botany

Offers undergraduate degrees in biology and botany; minors in biology, botany, and remote sensing; master’s degree in botany; and Ph.D. degrees in botany, ecology & evolution, molecular & cellular life sciences, and hydrologic sciences.

In addition, the department oversees the Rocky Mountain Herbarium on the UW campus, which contains more than one million specimens. The herbarium ranks 12th in the nation of 750 herbaria, and 63rd in the world of 3,567 herbaria.

The department also operates the Williams Conservatory greenhouse on campus, which is home to more than 600 tropical, neotropical, temperate, and arid species from around the world. Conservatory facilities are used by researchers, educators, students, artists, horticulturists, and the general public.

Each spring, the UW Botany Club holds a pop-up garden plant sale at the Williams Conservatory. Garden seedlings are all native mix-grass prairie species. The club also hosts a winter plant sale. Check the Facebook page or contact the department for details.

Department head:
Professor Brent Ewers; Rocky Mountain Herbarium director: Professor David Tank; Williams Conservatory manager: Sarah Lemli; senior office associate: Andie Stigers
Location:
University of Wyoming campus and statewide
Email:
botany@uwyo.edu (general department inquiries), astigers@uwyo.edu (Andie), beewers@uwyo.edu (Brent), conservatory@uwyo.edu (Williams Conservatory general inquiries), or slemli@uwyo.edu (Sarah)
Phone:
307-766-4207 (general department number), 307-766-2625 (Brent), 307-766-4276 (David), or 307-766-4336 (Sarah)
Website:
https://www.uwyo.edu/botany/

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Plant sale
The University of Wyoming Botany Club within the UW Department of Botany holds a pop-up garden plant sale each spring at the Williams Conservatory. Garden seedlings are all native mix-grass prairie species. The club also hosts a winter plant sale.
White and purple orchid
The Department of Botany operates the Williams Conservatory greenhouse on campus, which is home to more than 600 tropical, neotropical, temperate, and arid species from around the world.