Introducing The Hand Lens
For the past 25 years, The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium has been digitizing our collections…
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Welcome to the Steere Herbarium
Global Resource for Plants & Fungi
As the largest herbarium in the Western Hemisphere, the Steere Herbarium is a priceless resource for scholars from around the world who are documenting earth's biodiversity of plants and fungi. We focus on building collections in all groups and regions and in large scale digitization and rapid data entry.
7,800,000
Total Specimens
4,000,000
Specimens Digitized
51%
Percent Digitized
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Herbarium Collections
Learn more about the collections of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium.
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Learn about the work behind the digitization of the Science collections.
Learn moreINCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, ACCESSIBILITY
The New York Botanical Garden offers public access to a wide range of information, including historical materials and collections that may contain offensive and unacceptable language. Such information does not reflect the views and values of NYBG. We are committed to preserving collections data in their original forms for historical accuracy and to facilitate research. We welcome feedback and questions about language found in our databases. Please contact collectionsidea@nybg.org
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Our institution is committed to the development of new modes of collaboration, engagement, and partnership with Indigenous peoples for the care and stewardship of past and future heritage collections.
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The Extended Specimen Report
The final version of a report entitled, “Extending U.S. Biodiversity Collections to Promote Research and Education” is…
Learn More4,000,000th Specimen Digitized
The C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium has just added its four millionth specimen! This specimen is…
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Help us transcribe some of the millions of digitized pages of records in our herbarium. Transcription is an important way for us to improve search results and increase accessibility to our historical records.
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