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What is an Herbarium?
Importance
©Hunt Institute, 1997
Collaborative Effort with 72? other botanists
Bighead knapweed (Centuarea macrocephala),
Collected 1965 by Ray J. Davis
Arthur Cronquist
Western columbine
(Aquilegia formosa)
Collected 1941 by Arthur Cronquist
Dryer at greenhouse with plant press and fruit dehydrator tray for drying mushrooms
©NYBG Herbarium
Unidentified 2020 Botany Foray specimens sorted alphabetically by family
Collector's Initials
Collection Number
Date
Location
Taxonomic group (e.g. family)
Unicate, Duplicate, etc. number
Style
Why mount?
Herbarium associated with the collector or expedition
Scientific Name and Authority(ies)
Family
{
Location
Habitat
Coordinates
Date
Elevation
Collector
Collection Number
Associated Collectors
Collection Event, Expedition, or Trip
Property Stamp & Barcode Number
Accession Number
Barcode
To see our specimens search the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria at
https://pnwherbaria.org/
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Overall: Phylogenetically, i.e. by evolutionary relationships, by how families are related
Within a cabinet:
Within a genus folder:
Native Plants of ID
Special Collections: Old Specimens
Plants People Use
Special Collections: Types
Non-native Plants
in ID
Specimen upon which a species description is based
Davis's stickseed
(Hackelia davisii Cronquist)
Salmon River Mountains Penstemon
(Penstemon salmonensis N. H. Holmgren)
>1000 specimens are 100 years old
Oldest Specimen
Oldest Idaho Specimen
Oldest Bannock County Specimen
Crustose
Fruticose
Foliose
Janet Bala, Affiliate Curator
Rick Williams, Emeritus Curator
Nikki Frey, Career Path Intern