Quick look Iowa State’s Ada Hayden Herbarium – established in the university’s earliest days and built in part by contributions from some of its most celebrated scholars – expanded this fall when it ...

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 ...

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

About the Herbarium The herbarium of William & Mary (WILLI) was formally organized in 1968, and has since grown to over 81,500 accessioned specimens representing most of our regional vascular plant ...

Scientists say amid climate change and biodiversity loss, the world’s herbaria could hold the keys to overcoming the crises in their folders of dried plant specimens. But their future is in ...

Furthermore, as Griebeler’s research demonstrated, the herbarium is more than just a repository of plant specimens — it is also a hub of expertise.

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.

These digital collections are open to the public. The herbarium has trained over 80 volunteers in the imaging, barcoding, labeling, transcribing, mounting and repairing of specimens.

Saving Plants from Extinction with Groundbreaking Technology – Missouri Botanical Garden’s Herbarium Goes Digital to Revolutionize Species Identification ...