By Abhishyant Kidangoor How can dried plant specimens protect a rainforest? In myriad ways. Kept in collections known as herbariums, they store critical data on the physical characteristics, or ...

At Iowa State, the herbarium has more information to extract than ever. The collection has more than 700,000 specimens, roughly twice as many than at the start of Clark’s career. The growth in recent ...

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...

As jewelflowers spread into California from the desert Southwest over the past couple of million years, they settled in ...

The University of Northern Iowa’s herbarium closure put about 50,000 more specimens in Iowa State University’s care. “It's important to make sure that all of these are taken care of ...

Digitally cataloguing, or digitizing, a herbarium specimen involves recording the species name and original location and uploading that record to a digital repository that is publicly accessible.

For information regarding visiting or specimens in the CHRB, email Herbarium Director Dr. Lena Struwe at lena.struwe@rutgers ... where members can share their finds and get help with identification.

Though it’s little known to most Atlantans, the Emory University Herbarium is marking its 75th year as the home of over 25,000 plant specimens, neatly dried, labeled, and organized in filing ...