How to Send a Specimen
published on December 11, 2024How to Send a Specimen Do you have a specimen in your backyard that you wish to send to the Butler University Friesner Herbarium? We would love to have it in our database! Here is our guide to preparing your specimen for its journey from your home to ours, ensuring it is protected properly every […]
What is a Herbarium?
published on November 1, 2024DEFINITION A herbarium is a collection of preserved plant specimens, arranged and labeled systematically for future scientific study. Herbariums can be used for a variety of different approaches in science, from conservation and evolution all the way to identifying possible medicinal uses for plants that can be found in our backyards, or even […]