Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Herbarium Tour

Anna Stalter and Peter Fraissinet are curators at BH.

Saturday, March 22nd |  1 pm – 4 pm

THE LIBERTY HYDE BAILEY HORTORIUM HERBARIUM (BH) at Cornell University is one of the largest university-affiliated collections of preserved plant material in North America.  Established over 150 years ago, the collection now houses close to 1,000,000 specimens from all over the world.

More than 10% of these are of native or naturalized species collected within NY state, many serving as vouchers for two historic floras of the Cayuga Lake basin and for Werier’s 2017 Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of New York State.

We’ll talk about the history and use of the herbarium over the years, and how modern approaches and techniques are being used to answer novel research questions.                                                                                                                                      

We’ll also provide hands-on instruction for collecting, documenting and submitting voucher specimens to BH or other herbaria. 

This tour is cosponsored by the Finger Lakes Native Plant Society.

If you have any questions about the tour before registering,  please email bailey@nyflora.org.

NYFA relies on the generous support of its members to offer free Field Trips and Learn 10 workshops. If you are able, please consider a donation to help support these efforts. Suggested Donation is $10.