Also called: Rare Plant Botanist
Surveys land for rare and endangered plants, often for agencies or consultants.
Spends spring walking transects across desert land slated for a solar farm, identifying every plant species and mapping rare ones with GPS.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in botany or biology.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Botany, Biology, Ecology.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Estimate.
Low risk for 10 years. AI plant-ID apps help, but walking transects and confirming rare plants for permits stay human.
Classes: Biology, Environmental science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-1029.
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