Wyatt here,
I had a blast being a part of Team Echinacea this summer. In my 14 weeks with the project, I spent my days in beautiful prairies, gained lots of sciency skills, made many friends (both people and plants) and enemies (mainly ground squirrels), and overall had a lovely experience.
Mapping the Liatris aspera I’m not even going to pretend that I was doing work here and not posing, thanks for the pic, Allie 
Trying to get all the angles on a butterfly
This flog post is to reminisce about all the fun I had this summer and to commemorate the fact that I will be staying on the team through the fall and for the foreseeable future! Because the Chicago Botanic Garden is so close to Northwestern, I’m able to travel there by bus to work in the lab. Better yet, Stuart was able to set up the position so that I would be able to receive work study funding from the school.
Liatris aspera friends Hanging out with Collins Another little Liatris buddy Alex W. and I looking majestic, taken by professional photographer Mia Team Andes looking fly
Here’s to an echinacea-filled autumn!
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