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The UF campus has an incredibly diverse collection of native and cultivated plants growing on its over 2,000 acres. Specimens to document the campus plant life have been preserved in the Herbarium since the 1920s. We are databasing and imaging these legacy specimens and purposefully enriching those
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In Chuck Blanchard’s mind, if you want to know the Calusa, you’ve got to be like the Calusa. So, Blanchard, who died Aug. 17, 2024 at the age of 80, spent thousands of hours over three decades paddling his canoe across hundreds of miles of Southwest Florida’s estuaries, camping on mangrove island
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For those of you who spent time near the center from January to early March of this year, you might have noticed something buzzing around in the distance. Jen Green (South Florida Archaeology Collections Manager, FLMNH) and Daniel Spikowski (Calusa Land Trust) were a couple of the participant
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Message from the Director: The Hurricane Ian Recovery Process Following my presentation at the Museum Director’s luncheon at the RRC, one consistent question came up: when is the (entire) Calusa Heritage Trail going to be back and open for business? Although my talk had focused on re-kindling r
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In February 2020, researchers undertook a broad study of how museums used distance learning in their education programs, not anticipating the world would soon be turned on its head. With the sudden spike in the number of COVID-19 cases the following month, 90% of museums and science centers around t
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This past spring, the Florida Museum Randell Research Center (RRC) hosted a two-part lecture series, paired with volunteer enrichment and training workshops. This year, the series were designed to present regionally relevant scientific topics — including coastal archaeology, history, and community r
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Nomenclatural type specimens are important elements of botanical nomenclature. The name of a taxon is permanently attached to the type, whether as a correct name or as a synonym. These valuable specimens should be given extra care and protection. The rules and practice of typification have changed
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1. Daily Follow-up to Mounting Do a final check on the specimen conditions and have specimens repaired that are not mounted well. Make sure each specimen is secure and has a packet. Provide feedback to the mounters. Pencil the family number on the upper right of each sheet’s label or just ab
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The University of Florida Herbarium welcomes visitors with a legitimate research interest to consult the collections. The herbarium holds a vast storehouse of information in its library and with museum specimens of historic importance dating back into the mid-1800s. The specimens are fragile and ar
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Need help identifying a plant? The Plant Identification and Information Service in the UF Herbarium (botany collection) may be able to help you! BUT … it’s not always easy or guaranteed. So here’s how you can get a plant identified and some tips to make the most of this service. First we recom
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