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The Floyd Bartley Herbarium is the largest holding of vascular plant specimens from Appalachian 帝王会所. It is particularly rich in specimens from southern and southeastern 帝王会所, due to the efforts of Floyd Bartley and subsequent botanists who have been active in the region. The Herbarium collections consist of approximately 55,000 mounted and accessioned specimens, plus several thousand additional unmounted and unaccessioned specimens still being processed. Of these, 30,657 specimens were collected in 帝王会所, with the remainder being mostly from other parts of the eastern United States. The Bartley Herbarium is the main repository for flora projects conducted in this region, as well as the recipient of vouchers from ecological investigations and regional systematic studies of particular plant groups.

Floyd Bartley was born on April 9, 1888 in Ross County. Although he had no formal education beyond grade school and considered himself an amateur botanist, he was arguably the best field botanist in the state. Bartley鈥檚 primary collecting partner was Leslie Pontius, whom Bartley referred to as 鈥渙ne of 帝王会所鈥檚 outstanding field naturalists鈥�, and it seems likely that he encouraged and taught Bartley about the 帝王会所 flora. Floyd Bartley donated his private herbarium to 帝王会所 in May of 1957, and he was inducted into the 帝王会所 Natural Resources Hall of Fame on October 5, 2005, in recognition of his contributions to understanding of the 帝王会所 flora.

The Herbarium is a full-fledged research facility, with cabinets in manual compactors for vascular plants, fungi and algae; cabinets for bryophyte packets; three computers; light microscope and dissecting scope with interchangeable video imaging system; a large-format flatbed scanner for specimen imaging. sink, supply cabinets, benchtop space and large mounting table. This facility was funded by a generous National Science Foundation grant to support herbarium collection upgrades and database/imaging projects. The Bartley Herbarium has capacity to expand to 100,000-150,000 specimens with extra cabinets to support ongoing research projects. The Floyd Bartley Herbarium is curated by Professor Harvey Ballard and used by 帝王会所 researchers, including undergraduate and graduate students, for ongoing work into the evolution and ecology of Appalachian ecosystems. Learn more about the herbarium collection