Daffodils are blooming!
It's springtime and the daffodils are blooming outside! In the herbarium, these…
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Cabinet of CuriositiesWorks of Art
If we were to give yearbook superlatives to herbarium specimens, these would…
J. K. Small's exploration in Southern Florida, 1915
John Kunkel Small, botanist and herbarium curator at the the New York Botanical…
John Torrey
John Torrey (1796-1873) is considered one of the most influential American botanists…
Springtime with Peter Zika
If seasonal allergies or the depths of winter have got you down,…
David Hosack's Elgin Botanic Garden
Elgin Botanic Garden was the first public botanical garden in the United…
#plantlove
Specimens contained in the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium represent the endless…
Fancy Foliage
Where did that sweet little potted plant sitting on your window sill…
Typical: Double type
A herbarium's version of a double rainbow — a double type specimen.…
Sugar pine
Called "the most princely of the genus" by David Douglas, sugar pine…
The Cactaceae
The Cactaceae was a publication written by the founder of NYBG, Nathaniel Lord Britton…
The Language of Flowers
Throughout time, people have assigned meaning to flowers, and many cultures have…
Fabian Michelangeli's field trip to Cuba, November 2013
A recent expedition to eastern Cuba took three Cuban colleagues and me…
Newspaper time capsule: B. Maguire 23559
A trip to the field isn't always necessary to describe a new…
Becoming a mountain woman
Marie Mooar spent a lot of time in the wilds of western…
Pitcher Plants
Pitcher Plants sometimes attract insects to their specialized leaves with nectar or…
Sundews
Sundews. Drosera is the largest genus of carniverous plants, with almost 200…
Venus flytrap
Even though Venus Fly Traps are widely available as cultivated plants, they…