Before & After: P. F. Zika 28277
The unmounted herbarium specimen, as it arrived at the garden in the…
Jeanne Baret
CollectorsWomen in ScienceExpeditions
Jeanne Baret was the first woman ever to circumnavigate the globe, but…
The Language of Flowers
Throughout time, people have assigned meaning to flowers, and many cultures have…
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…
John Muir
John Muir (1838–1914) was an influential naturalist and conservationist, and co-founder of the…
#plantlove
Specimens contained in the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium represent the endless…
Springtime with Peter Zika
If seasonal allergies or the depths of winter have got you down,…
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…
Most Vibrant
Cabinet of CuriositiesWorks of Art
If we were to give yearbook superlatives to herbarium specimens, these would…