Western Road Trip: Marble Canyon
The Grand Canyon might be the grandest of canyons carved by the…
Western Road Trip: Grant Grove
When visiting giant sequoia trees, you spend a lot of time looking…
Western Road Trip
In the summer of 1952, recently retired Wabash College¹ botany professor Albert…
Western Road Trip: Crater Lake
It might be hard to believe the Bechtels could take their eyes…
Typical: Erythronium helenae
Specimen StoriesWhat's in a name?
One of the common names for the genus Erythronium is the dogtooth…
Floral Fireworks
When fireworks are needed, no matter the reason, these herbarium specimens will help…
Point Judith
Can't get away to the beach? Let these field photographs and algae…
Typical: Gymnopilus pallidus
Some characters are altered in the drying process used to create herbarium specimens.…
It's not easy being green
People might pass over these green specimens 'cause they're not standing out…
Granite outcrop specialists
Plants are amazing and can adapt to live in the most unlikely…
Chock-full of chromosomes
Cabinet of CuriositiesFocus on Science
Behold this fern which has the highest recorded chromosome number of any living…
Most Vibrant
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 Kunkel Small
John Kunkel Small (1869-1938) was a taxonomist and botanical explorer, who specialized…
Springtime with Peter Zika
If seasonal allergies or the depths of winter have got you down,…
#plantlove
Specimens contained in the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium represent the endless…
John Muir
John Muir (1838–1914) was an influential naturalist and conservationist, and co-founder of the…