CU Museum will remain closed from Monday, December 23 through Friday, January 10 for CU’s official winter holidays and planned construction activities nearby. 
The Museum will resume normal operating hours (10 AM-4 PM) on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Thank you!

Construction updates, accessibility, and parking information 

Research & Publications

Erin Tripp (Curator)
Erin Tripp has served as Curator of the COLO Herbarium since 2013. She studies systematics, evolution, and floristics of the large (>4,000 species), pantropical plant family Acanthaceae. Additionally, Erin is interested in the biodiversity, evolution, and conservation of the North American lichen biota.

JoAnn Flock
Annotated Checklists of Bryophytes and Lichens Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, U.S.A.

William Weber (Curator Emeritus)
Flora of Colorado.

Ron Wittmann (Museum Associate)
Flora of Colorado.

Former Graduate Research Assistants

  • Bethany Lewis (2008) Floristic Surveys of Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado and Three Satellite Refuges in Wyoming
  • Pam Regensberg (2007) A Floristic Survey of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge, San Luis Vally, Colorado
  • Monique McHenry (2005) Ferns and lycophytes of the Southern Rocky Mountain Region
  • Mary Damm (2002) Controls of alpine vascular plant species diversity
  • Erin Robertson (2000) Limits to female reproductive success in the bottle gentianPneumonanthe bigelovii (Gentianaceae)
  • Rea Orthner (1999) Flora of the Buffalo Peaks Wilderness Area and vicinity, Mosquito Range, Colorado
  • Julie Korb (1997) Vegetation dynamics in four ecosystems along an elevational gradient in the Front Range, Colorado
  • Dina Clark (1995) A floristic survey of the Mesa de Maya region, Las Animas County, Colorado

Hazel Schmoll Research Fellowship in Colorado Botany
The Schmoll Research Fellowship was established in memory of Dr. Hazel Schmoll, an alumna of CU-Â鶹ӰԺ and the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in Botany from the University of Chicago in 1935. The fellowship aims to continue her work of research and education in Colorado botany, with an emphasis on field botany, including systematics and ecology, of Colorado plants. It is open to students, faculty, and staff of the University of Colorado, with awards of up to $500.

Research projects supported by the Hazel Schmoll Research Fellowship in Colorado Botany

  • Rebecca Harris (2011), "Effects of mountain pine beetle and forest management on understory community composition"
  • Julia Hicks (2010), "Nontarget effects of a biological control agent on the native Colorado thistle Cirsium centaureae"
  • Meredith Gartner (2009), "Methods of Detecting Past Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreaks in Ponderosa Pine-Dominated Forests of the Colorado Front Range"
  • Dina Clark (2008), "Floristic Survey of Eastern Colorado"
  • Mary Jamieson (2006), "Effects of Nitrogen Availability on Plant Performance and Secondary Chemistry"
  • Pamela Regensberg (2006), "Baca National Wildlife Refuge Floristic Survey"
  • Bianca Breland (2005), "Anthropogenic Landscape Disturbance and the Common Sunflower"
  • Nehalem C. Breiter (2004), "How Selective are Biological Controls? Evaluating the Potential for Non-Target Herbivory through Field Testing and Regional Ecological Risk Assessment"
  • Courtney L. Meier (2003), "Ecophysiology of alpine plant communities on Niwot Ridge"
  • Cristina Rumbaitis-del Rio (2003), "Compound Disturbances: Do Pre-Fire Disturbances Influence Post-Fire Regeneration?"
  • Eric Dechaine (2002), "Pleistocene Impacts on Genetic Diversity in Sedum lanceolatum(Crassulaceae)"
  • Rosemary Sherriff (2002), "The Historic Range of Variability of Ponderosa Pine in the Northern Front Range: Past Fire Types and Fire Effects"

Publications for Sale
The following publications may be purchased for U.S. $5.00 each, plus U.S. $1.00 postage within the U.S. or U.S. $2.00 postage outside of the U.S. Make checks payable to "The University of Colorado" and mail to:

University of Colorado Museum Herbarium
350 UCB
Â鶹ӰԺ, CO, 80309-0350, USA

  • Hogan, T. 1992. A floristic survey of the Eagle Nest Wilderness Area in the southern Gore Range of Central Colorado. 35pp.
  • Hogan, T. 1993. A floristic survey of the Â鶹ӰԺ Mountain Park, Â鶹ӰԺ, Colorado. 63pp.
  • Maley, A. 1994. A floristic survey of the Black Forest of the Colorado Front Range. 31pp.
  • Weber, W. A. 1995. Checklist of vascular plants of Â鶹ӰԺ County, Colorado. 66pp.
  • Clark, D. A. 1996. A floristic survey of the Mesa de Maya Region, Las Animas County, Colorado. 44pp.
  • Michener-Foote, J. and T. Hogan. 1999. The flora and vegetation of the Needle Mountains, San Juan Range, southwestern Colorado. 39pp.