Hitchhikers
Some plants have evolved to literally hitchhike on passing animals. They have…
Mulled Cider
Put these fruits, seeds, bark, and flower buds together to get mulled…
Typical: Christmas in the clouds
Bassett Maguire (1904–1991), a botanist who spent the majority of his career…
Before & After: P. F. Zika 28277
The unmounted herbarium specimen, as it arrived at the garden in the…
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…
Greetings from Camp
Even if you have never attended a sleepaway summer camp, chances are you've gotten a…
Seeds go ballistic
Getting help is great, but sometimes you just have to do something…
A trip to Fire Island with Peggy Hopkins
While we might not get to summer with the likes of Madonna…
Bigelow's mushroom photographs
In the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden there are over 30,000…
Point Judith
Can't get away to the beach? Let these field photographs and algae…
Salix loan to Japan
Botany is a collaborative science that relies on sharing data and specimens…
Floral Fireworks
When fireworks are needed, no matter the reason, these herbarium specimens will help…
Most Vibrant
Cabinet of CuriositiesWorks of Art
If we were to give yearbook superlatives to herbarium specimens, these would…
Sugar pine
Called "the most princely of the genus" by David Douglas, sugar pine…
Weird & Wild Legumes
Cabinet of CuriositiesSpecimen Stories
Members of plant family Fabaceae (bean or legume family) produce a kind…
A botanist's best friend
Botanists and dogs make good companions in the field. Dogs provide companionship, warn…
The Language of Flowers
Throughout time, people have assigned meaning to flowers, and many cultures have…
Escapes from cultivation
Humans have a long history of moving and cultivating plant species. But…