Oodles of Leaves Call UA Herbarium Home

By Chris Bryant

The The UA campus is home to millions of leaves, perhaps most prominent in the new growth emerging each spring from the majestic oaks and on the azaleas preparing to dazzle.

But, there are a few hundred thousand leaves on campus that are less apparent – meticulously preserved, neatly organized, and tucked away inside one of the buildings on campus. Some are more than 160 years old.

“We have one of the best plant collections in the state of Alabama,” said Dr. John Clark, curator of the UA Herbarium. Housed within the fourth floor of Mary Harmon Bryant Hall, the collection is home to some 70,000 dried plant specimens, which also includes non-vascular plants, which have no leaves, such as mosses, algae and fungi.

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