New York Botanical Garden Herbarium Tour

Tour the William & Lynda Steere Herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden with the Torrey Botanical Society and the NY Flora Association.

By The Torrey Botanical Society

Date and time

March 22 · 2:30pm - March 30 · 12pm EDT

Location

William & Lynda Steere Herbarium

1575 Bronx Park Road The Bronx, NY 10467

About this event

The William & Lynda Steere Herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden is the largest collection of its kind in the Americas. Home to nearly 8 million specimens, it encompasses all major plant and fungal groups from all over the world. While its global nature is a colonial vestige, it stands as an invaluable collection which documents global biodiversity and supports diverse floristic and systematic research. Come see behind the scenes to understand how plants make it from collector to the collections, and learn some of the human stories and histories captured in the specimens.

This tour is open to NYFA and TBS members. Space is extremely limited - once the cap is reached, you can join the wait list.

The Torrey Botanical Society annual banquet and lecture will be held in the NYBG library following the March 22 tour. Consider joining us for a talk given by Emily Sessa, the Director of the Steere Herbarium, followed by a dinner of Greek food! Find out more here.

Organized by

The Torrey Botanical Society

The Torrey Botanical Society is an organization for people interested in plant life, including professional and amateur botanists, students, and others who simply enjoy nature. The organization was named with the appearance of its first publication, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, in 1870, and was incorporated in 1871. The Society has published a scientific journal since that time, and currently publishes the Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society quarterly.

Today, the objectives of the Society are “to promote interest in botany, and to collect and disseminate information on all phases of plant science.” These objectives are fulfilled through meetings, field trips, public lectures, publications, funding of graduate research and education, and sponsorship of symposia and regional conferences. Through outreach and publications, the society has become an international organization and is affiliated with the American Institute of Biological Sciences. It differs from many scientific societies in that it hosts numerous free public lectures and field trips.

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