Eight Days of Oil
Oil has a special significance for those who celebrate Hanukkah. This Jewish…
Christmas Tree Species
Though most Christmas trees are in the pine family, Pinaceae, they are…
Mulled Cider
Put these fruits, seeds, bark, and flower buds together to get mulled…
Maize & Teosinte
Maize (Zea mays), or corn, is a domesticated cereal crop native to…
Rice and its Wild Relatives
Humans have been farming rice for approximately 10,000 years. The two major…
Bioremediation
Bioremediation is the use of living organisms to remove contamination from the…
Catnip: A Felicitous Herb
Focus on ScienceWhat's in a name?
Calling all cat lovers! As I was digitizing plants for the Southern…
The Calabash in Capoeira Music
The Berimbau is the musical instrument played in capoeira. It consists of a…
Celebrating Pride with Flowers
As the world celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots during…
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Cabinet of CuriositiesSpecimen Stories
The beloved children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar is turning 50! See many of…
Plants of Sítio Roberto Burle Marx
Roberto Burle Marx was an artist, a landscape architect and an early…
Heard it through the grapevine
Vitis is the genus of one of the world’s favorite horticultural crop:…
Don't touch
Plants have evolved many ways to protect themselves, from growing barbs that…
#plantlove
Specimens contained in the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium represent the endless…
Wolf lichen
The Wolf Lichen is one of the most showy North American lichens,…
Smooth rock tripe
This Umbilicaria species is regarded to be one of the largest lichens…
Fig family, Moraceae
Ficus carica L., the edible common fig has been cultivated for millenia.…
Madagascar periwinkle
Commonly known as Madagascar periwinkle, this member of the dogbane family has…
Lavender
Lavender has been used in traditional medicine for centuries for its soothing…