Karen Meyer

Native American Ethnobotany Program Manager
William L. Brown Center
Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis, MO 63166-0299
USA

Office phone: (314) 577-9473, ext. 6318
Fax: (314) 577-0800
Email: Karen.Meyer@mobot.org

M.S., South Dakota State University, 2005
B.S., Brigham Young University, 1999

Seed Analyst: Mid-West Seed Services, Inc. 2005–2007
Adjunct Professor: Sisseton-Wahpeton Community College 2003–2005

General Research Interests

• Ethnobotany and Economic Botany

• Native Crop Production

• Native Seed Research

Research Emphases

• Native American Ethnobotany

• Native Plant Research

• Natural Products Research

Selected Publication

• Stahnke A., M. Hayes, K.Meyer, K. Witt, J. Weideman, A.P. Fernando, R. Burrows, R.N. Reese 2008. Prairie turnip Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb. historical and modern use, propagation, and management of a new crop. Native Plants Journal, Volume 9, Number 1, Spring 2008, pp. 46–58.

Updated 09/11/09.