herbarium – Diane Podolsky

50,000 and Counting

This is dedicated to my friend Penny, who I was hiking with when we stumbled upon the first Lady’s Slipper I ever saw. Thursday was a big day at the herbarium where I work. We, as a group, collected our 50,000th specimen: A Pink Lady’s Slipper. Dr. Jim Matthews, who is the founder of theContinue reading “50,000 and Counting”

Mounting Botanical Specimens

One of the things I mentioned in my last post was a trip to the James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity to pick up specimens that needed to be mounted. Many of you have expressed interest in this task so I figured I would document and discuss some of the process. Mounting for me atContinue reading “Mounting Botanical Specimens”

For the Love of Weeds ~ part 2

Yesterday I spoke of my love of weeds and mentioned that I am involved with collecting wild plants for an organization. So I will talk a bit about this today. Where I live, the county is steward to an herbarium, which is a collection of wild plants that are preserved for the purpose of research. Continue reading “For the Love of Weeds ~ part 2”