If you want to spend time outdoors, then you may want to consider positions as an:

• Ecologist
• Taxonomist
• Conservationist
• Forester
• Plant explorer

If your interests center more on laboratory studies, then you may want to pursue botanical careers such as:

• Anatomy
• Biochemistry
• Cytology genetics
• Physiology
• Systematics

Botanical training leads to many career options directed toward meeting human needs including:

• Agronomy
• Food science technology
• Economic botany
• Forestry
• Horticulture
• Plant pathology

For a thorough overview of careers in botany, visit Careers in Botany on the Botanical Society of America's Web site.