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I am a graduate student in the program for Ecology and Evolution at Rutgers. My research focuses on the ecosystem functions of urban plants in stormwater basins. I am studying the ability of plants to filter stormwater, and the role of the stormwater network in supporting wetland plant biodiversity. I a Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Botany in Action Fellow (2018-2020). In 2019-2020 I am the proud teaching assistant for the Plant Ecology and Freshwater Ecology courses at Rutgers. You can find me in the Hartman lab at 130 Blake Hall.

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  • Landscape
  • Soil
  • Spatial analysis
  • Stormwater
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Kate Douthat Plant Vision

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View fullsize I spotted this perfectly round greenshield lichen (Flavoparmelia). This lichen would be equally at home as a doily or ruff collar. 11/10 #lichen #lichensofinstagram #greenshield
View fullsize A sparkling grass on a misty day (probably a Panicum species). Doggie and I shared some moments with a battery of herons who were also enjoying the empty park. #grass #nativeplantsofnorthamerica #panicum #raindrops #rainydayvibes
View fullsize November 11, the day all the leaves fell off the cherry trees.
View fullsize I’ve been posting about Sagittaria latifolia all summer. Now here are the seeds! 
#seeds #sagittaria
View fullsize I saw this amazing flower growing out of the base if this telephone pole on my walk last night. I think it’s tickseed beggarsticks. I’m impressed with both the size and the beauty of this plant growing out of a crack in the sidewalk. #bid
View fullsize The garden buddy had antenna out tonight. I have also leaned that it is a black swallowtail caterpillar, Papilio polyxenes. #caterpillars #butterflies #blackswallowtail #nomnom #parsley #gardenlife
View fullsize I love these tiny jumpseed flowers. I see this plant all the time, but rarely with the flowers open and looking so cute. #persicariavirginiana #knotweed #tinyflowers #flowers
View fullsize Garden buddies. Some swallowtail butterfly caterpillars are enjoying the parlsey. I’m happy to share! #butterfliesofinstagram #caterpillars  #swallowtailbutterfly #parsley  #gardenlife
View fullsize The Sagittaria latifolia (green arrow arum) flowers have been beautiful. This is one of the species in my study. It’s my favorite, though I’m probably not supposed to have one. My study is testing plants for Stormwater infrastructure, and
View fullsize It’s mushroom season. These guys are popping up everywhere. #notplants #mushrooms #fungi
View fullsize Cup plant, Silphium perfoliatum, soaking up the rays.
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View fullsize The leaves of this green arrow arum (Sagittaria latifolia) are not two-tone, nor are they shriveling from the tips. The points of these leaves are covered with a film of clay and sediment deposited from the flood water that covered it. Marks like the
View fullsize We had some street trees planted out front, two black gums/tupelos (Nyssa sylvatica). They planted them in late June, the most brutal time for planting just before the worst heat of summer. One looked very stressed with a number of crispy dead leaves
View fullsize Welcome to my experiment! I am testing how different wetland species do in stormwater basins and in competition with cattail. I’m also testing whether plants grow better with a “friend” than a randomly selected plants. Does the iden
 

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