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US Herbal Collections

9/6/2023

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Recently I stumbled on the SERNEC Collection database online.  This is the SouthEast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections, and you can use this system to look up plants in collections across the country with one search.  Some of the collections have preserved plants while others have photos.  You can search just one, a select few or all collections, and you can opt for scientific names, common names or family of plants.  Further, you can narrow the search down by geographical region as well.

Most of the locations that have preserved plants have more than one.  It is interesting to see the variation we get within a single item across the country.  Additionally, many of them include habitat notes with the items as well.  Just clicking on the scientific name will get you photos of the plant and the first 100 results from the database.

The link for the data base is HERE. 

You can see an example of the results for Broadleaf Plantain below.

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