The Newberry College Herbarium

The Newberry College Herbarium

Science & Math Building Room 231
Curator: Charles N. Horn, PhD

Left: Specimen of Macrothelypteris torresiana, collected in Newberry County, South Carolina (in 2004) and documenting the first collection of this species in the piedmont physiological province. This species is common in the coastal plain of North Carolina to Texas.

THE HERBARIUM AT NEWBERRY COLLEGE

Curator: Dr. Charles N. Horn
   Professor of Biology
   Newberry College, 2100 College Street
   Newberry, SC 29108
Herbarium location: Science & Math 231
Open: by appointment
Phone: 803-321-5257

Herbarium started: 1986
Index Herbariorum abbreviation: NBYC
Collection size: 20,600 (September 2011)
Material: All specimens are vascular plants, including ferns & fern allies, gymnosperms, and angiosperms
Taxonomic groups emphasized: Pontederiaceae, Cyperaceae, Euphorbiaceae
Exchange?: Yes, willing to send out "plants of the SC piedmont". Want aquatics & plants of piedmont

Collection geographical scope: A majority of the specimens are of collections in South Carolina and represent plants growing in the piedmont region of the state. In addition are a number of specimens from the piedmont of North Carolina and Virginia. Also included are some collections from the Bahamas, Belize, Dominica, Guyana.

Important collections:

Pontederiaceae of the southeast
Voucher specimens for flora projects, including Lynch's Woods (Newberry County), Sumter National Forest (Fairfield, Laurens, Newberry, Union Counties), Saluda Shoals County Park (Lexington County), Little Mountain (Newberry County).
Collections of the following genera: Asimina (Annonaceae), Dirca (Thymeliaceae), Heteranthera (Pontederiaceae), Rhododendron (Ericaceae)

What is a herbarium? | Making a herbarium specimen

This page copyright by Charles N. Horn, first generated 10 April 2005, last updated 16 September 2011
Department of Biology and Chemistry | Newberry College, Newberry, South Carolina