The mission of the Department of Botany is to discover, maintain, and transmit knowledge concerning basic plant biology and provide leadership in the biological sciences.

Birge Hall
430 Lincoln Dr.
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-1057
FAX (608) 262-7509

Chair

David Baum
(608) 262-9991

Department

• Courses
• Handbook
• Faculty Information
• Lab Home Pages
• Faculty, Staff & Graduate Student Directory
• Forms & Info
• Alumni

Programs

• Undergraduate Botany
• Letters and Science Home Page
• Botany Graduate Studies and Research
• Botany Graduate Program
• UW Grad School Home Page

Facilities

• Birge Hall
• Plant Imaging Center
• Plant Growth Facilities
• Herbarium
• Arboretum
• Biology Library
• Art and Photo Studio

Related Programs

• Biology Major
• Biological Aspects of Conservation
• Center for Biology Education
• Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
• Plant Pathology
• Wildlife Ecology
• Portal to Plant Biology & Plant Sciences at the UW-Madison

Other Resources

• Virtual Foliage - Portal to Photo Collections
• Botany Garden Insects

What's New:

New Undergraduate Major - A new Botany Undergraduate Major with different requirements goes into effect at the beginning of the Fall semester, 2007 ... (continued)

New Book - Prairie Plants of the UW-Madison Arboretum

Gift Giving - opportunities to support the Department of Botany, including becoming a Friend of the Botany Garden

Botany Garden blossoming with new expansion - The Botany Garden, a green and fragrant oasis in a sea of buildings and traffic, has recently become a larger, more welcoming sanctuary as an expansion is well underway...

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File last updated: October 17, 2005
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