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Discover historic specimens and drive global plant research at one of the world's largest herbaria!
Learn moreFollow the links below to our active virtual expeditions! While viewing photographs of preserved plant specimens, you’ll be asked to decipher typed and handwritten labels, then answer questions about the geographic and historical origin of each plant collection.
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About Notes from Nature - NYBG
The New York Botanical Garden is a world leader in plant research and conservation, using traditional and cutting-edge tools to discover, understand, and preserve Earth's vast botanical diversity. For 125 years, we have endeavored to share our resources with scholars and the general public. Now you have the opportunity to help advance scientific research by mobilizing biodiversity data from botanical specimens held within the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium.