New Digital Image Search Tool
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new Science Digital Image Search tool. Experience the…
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Welcome to the Steere Herbarium
Global Resource for Plants & Fungi
As the largest herbarium in the Western Hemisphere, the Steere Herbarium is a priceless resource for scholars from around the world who are documenting earth's biodiversity of plants and fungi. We focus on building collections in all groups and regions and in large scale digitization and rapid data entry.
7,800,000
Total Specimens
4,592,000
Specimens Digitized
59%
Percent Digitized
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Learn more about the collections of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium.
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The New York Botanical Garden offers public access to a wide range of information, including historical materials and collections that may contain offensive and unacceptable language. Such information does not reflect the views and values of NYBG. We are committed to preserving collections data in their original forms for historical accuracy and to facilitate research. We welcome feedback and questions about language found in our databases. Please contact collectionsidea@nybg.org
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Introducing Biotic Interactions VH Interface
For centuries we have viewed plants and fungi in isolation. Tried to understand a tree, a…
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The C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium has just added its four millionth specimen! This specimen is…
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Help us transcribe some of the millions of digitized pages of records in our herbarium. Transcription is an important way for us to improve search results and increase accessibility to our historical records.
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