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Nina Foster

Nina Foster (she/her) is a post-baccalaureate fellow in the Plant Humanities at Dumbarton Oaks. She received her undergraduate degree in English with a minor in integrative biology at Harvard University. Her interests lie at the intersection of plants, wildlife, and people under changing climatic conditions.

 

Monotropa uniflora in bloom by Nichole Ouellette

Ghost of the Forest: Monotropa uniflora

Look for this other-worldly plant in moist, shaded areas of mature forests throughout much of North America, East Asia, and northern South America.