Scientists from the Illinois Natural History Survey and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources have updated the state conservation status ranks, or S-ranks, of threatened and endangered plants in Illinois. The update includes some plants not recorded in the state for decades and finds many that, while still threatened, are doing better than previously thought. […]
If you’re near the ACES Library on campus, stop by and see the mushroom exhibit. The fungi are from the mycological collections of the Illinois Natural History Survey.
There is never a shortage of projects or tasks that need to be done when working in a herbarium. I’ve said many times that if we never received another new specimen, I’d still be busy for at least the next 5 years, and this will probably still be true in years to follow.
This past weekend, Oct. 19-20, we held our 3rd Annual WeDigBio event. WeDigBio or Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing Biocollections is a worldwide citizen science event that mobilizes volunteers to transcribe dark label data on biological collections onto a globally accessible platform. The event started with some details about our collections and volunteer training. After becoming transcription […]
We are gearing up for our citizen science event, WeDigBio 2018. The event will be held on October 19-20. Watch for more details in the coming weeks and for information on how to sign up.
We recently received a large donation of vascular plants from Mark Basinger. So far, this includes material collected in Hawaii, Alaska, the Carolinas, Alabama, Georgia, West Virginia, as well as Illinois. As I’ve been accessioning them into our herbarium, I’ve been enjoying the added diversity of what we currently have in our collection and the […]
Follow @INHSherbarium on social media to see photos of spring woodland wildflowers from our collection!