Fruits of Rosaceae
Flowering plants differ from all other plants by producing seeds within fruits;…
Season it with Leaves
Culinary herbs are plants with aromatic properties and that are used for…
Bigelow's mushroom photographs
In the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden there are over 30,000…
Label Appreciation: Favorites
Labels are as important to a herbarium specimen as the plant, alga, or…
Polka-dot Ferns
Unlike flowering plants, ferns reproduce with spores instead of seeds. Fern spores…
Brown and Beautiful
Whether naturally brown, or turning brown during the preservation steps needed to create herbarium…
Greetings from Camp
Even if you have never attended a sleepaway summer camp, chances are you've gotten a…
Label Appreciation: Borders
Labels are as important to a herbarium specimen as the plant, alga, or…
Modern Art
Herbarium specimens play an important part in plant science research. But the specimens themselves can…
Draw and Create Specimen Challenge
Herbarium specimens are an important piece of a larger puzzle; helping people…
Palm Patterns
Creating specimens of palms pose a challenge to collectors—how best to trim, arrange,…
Women in Genera
What's in a name?Women in Science
For as long as we've been using binomial nomenclature to name species,…
Seuss-ian Specimens
While the illustrations in books by Dr. Seuss depict fanciful folliage, reality…
Typical: Christmas in the clouds
Bassett Maguire (1904–1991), a botanist who spent the majority of his career…
Confetti
No party is complete without confetti—especially when ringing in the new year.…
Mulled Cider
Put these fruits, seeds, bark, and flower buds together to get mulled…