Jacksonville State University Herbarium

02/05/2019

It's great to have some awesome new volunteers to help with the JSU Herbarium collection. Thanks Kayla Davis, our newest master of the imaging station!

06/29/2018

JSU graduate student Derek Peacock is studying the plants of the Hinds Road Outcrop in Etowah County. This is an Alabama Forever Wild land tract, recommended to us by the amazing Dr. Wayne Barger, our Alabama State Botanist. Here are a few photos from recent field trips, with tentative plant IDs (as of Summer 2018). Photos by Jimmy Triplett. For more information about the Hinds Road Outcrop and Alabama Forever Wild Land Tracts, see https://alabamaforeverwild.com/hinds-road-outcrop

JSU graduate student Derek Peacock is studying the plants of the Hinds Road Outcrop in Etowah County. This is an Alabama Forever Wild land tract, recommended to us by the amazing Dr. Wayne Barger, our Alabama State Botanist. Here are a few photos from recent field trips, with tentative plant IDs (as of Summer 2018). Photos by Jimmy Triplett. For more information about the Hinds Road Outcrop and Alabama Forever Wild Land Tracts, see https://alabamaforeverwild.com/hinds-road-outcrop

04/07/2014

JSU Herbarium Staff put on a day of ethnobotanical education and fun at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

JSU Herbarium Staff put on a day of ethnobotanical education and fun at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

04/07/2014

Dr. Jimmy Triplett gives young students out for the summer an interpretive plant hike for Wild Wednesday at the Coleman Lake Recreational Area in the Talladega National Forest.

04/07/2014

JSU Herbarium welcomed a visit from the ladies from the Gadsden Garden Club for a tour of our new facilities.

JSU Herbarium welcomed a visit from the ladies from the Gadsden Garden Club for a tour of our new facilities.

04/07/2014

JSU undergraduate, Mustabshira, has done a great job databasing the lichen and teaching collections for a Directed Study project - Spring 2014.

11/18/2013

Alabama Plant Conservation Alliance

Meeting at Jacksonville State University, hosted by Dr. Jimmy Triplett and Biology Department. We'll update the webpage with minutes soon, and don't forget to put our next meeting on your calendars: May 15-16 at the Davis Arboretum in Auburn for the first-ever joint meeting of GPCA and APCA!

09/12/2013

Near Jacksonville, AL

Near Jacksonville, AL

07/02/2013

JSU Biology Department alumnus Jacob Brooks has been an incredible help this summer! Thanks Jacob!

06/23/2013

A growing collection...

A growing collection...

06/17/2013

JSU Herbarium Renovation 2012

06/17/2013

Bioblitz 2012. Photo by Sarah Cole/The Anniston Star.

06/17/2013

Wobble for Water Charity Fundraiser. Photo by Richard Watkins.

06/17/2013

Delta, AL

06/17/2013

2013 Ethnobotany Workshop at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Photo by John T. Manion.

06/17/2013

JSU Graduate Student Jayne Lampley - A Phylogenetic and Phytochemical Analysis of Polygonatum biflorum

06/17/2013

Staff and associates of the JSU Herbarium

Staff and associates of the JSU Herbarium

06/17/2013

Pinhoti Trail in May

06/17/2013

May 2013 on Terrapin Creek

May 2013 on Terrapin Creek

06/17/2013

Bibb County Glades in June

06/17/2013

Flowers of Terrapin Creek

06/17/2013

with Dr. Wendy Zomlefer from The University of Georgia

with Dr. Wendy Zomlefer from The University of Georgia

06/17/2013

Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville State University

02/27/2013

Visitors

01/18/2013

Thank you to everyone who braved the winter weather last night to join us for our Open House at the Herbarium! A wonderful time was had by all!

01/08/2013

Hello Herbarium Friends! You are invited to attend the First Annual Open House of the JSU Herbarium on Thursday, January 17, from 4pm to 6pm. Staff will be on hand to give tours and to share information about current projects such as our newest venture, a "Friends of the Herbarium" program. All students, faculty, staff, and members of the community are invited to attend.

11/27/2012

Fall 2012 JSU Herbarium Staff lead field hike at Little River Canyon Mouth Park for students of Kitty Stone Elementary School

Fall 2012 JSU Herbarium Staff lead field hike at Little River Canyon Mouth Park for students of Kitty Stone Elementary School

08/10/2012

The new mobile carriages for the new cabinets have been installed in the JSU Herbarium.

The new mobile carriages for the new cabinets have been installed in the JSU Herbarium.

08/10/2012

An American Chestnut in full bloom . . . rare sight! Located off County Road 49 near the northern boundary of the Talladega National Forest, Shoal Creek District.

08/10/2012

Even the JSU mascot likes wildflowers!

07/28/2012

July 27, 2012 field trip

July 27, 2012 field trip

07/28/2012

World’s greatest plant diversity for the Paleogene: Over a hundred different plant species recorded.

World’s greatest plant diversity for the Paleogene: Over a hundred different plant species recorded.

Scientists have investigated the extensive collection of fruits and seeds from the Messel pit. They found 140 different plant species, 65 of which were previously unknown. They show that Messel had one of the world’s most diverse floras of the Paleogene – the era between about 65 and 23 ...

07/27/2012

Cocculus carolinus - Carolina Coralbead
Moonseed Family (Menispermaceae)

We were surprised to find this one growing in the holly by Fitzpatrick Hall.

07/26/2012

Rachel Sussman: The world's oldest living things | Video on TED.com

Rachel Sussman: The world's oldest living things | Video on TED.com

TED Talks Rachel Sussman shows photographs of the world's oldest continuously living organisms -- from 2,000-year-old brain coral off Tobago's coast to an "underground forest" in South Africa that has lived since before the dawn of agriculture.

07/25/2012

Liriope muscari - big blue lilyturf,
a.k.a. monkey grass
Ruscus Family - Ruscaceae