<p> A herbarium is a library of dried, The William & Mary pressed, and mounted plant Herbarium (WILLI) specimens.</p><p>The Herbarium of the College of William & Mary was founded in 1969 and has since grown to house over A portion of the herbarium with its 77,000 plant specimens. The director, Dr. Martha Case. herbarium ranks third largest in the state and houses one of the largest At William & Mary over 50 collections of Virginia coastal plain cases hold the collection in a flora. Students and their projects climate-controlled have contributed over one half of its environment. This facility was current holdings. supported, in part, by a grant from the National Science Foundation. A herbarium specimen and its label. The herbarium is part of an By including a collector’s label, international network of plant herbarium specimens document researchers who may visit, where and when a particular borrow and exchange plant grew. specimens for study. Herbarium specimens can be Research projects from used to understand species’ herbarium students and their Virginia buttonbush and swallow-tail identifying features, geographic faculty mentors appear in over Photo by Pablo Yanez ranges, specific ecologies, and 50 publications. natural patterns of variation present in the wild.</p><p>Herbaria Community involvement Your donations support outreach service, student training and ongoing research A herbarium greatly benefits the local community. To donate to the herbarium, make your check payable to: Herbaria staff and associates frequently volunteer their time College of William & Mary Foundation and expertise to the public which includes plant In your check’s memo area, identifications, campus plant write: tours, and general information about regional plants and their Biology (2860) Herbarium environments.</p><p>Send your check to: Community and student involvement are vital to the Dr. Liz Allison, Chair function of the William & Mary Biology Department Herbarium. Projects include: P.O. Box 8795 College of William & Mary -Database management Williamsburg, VA 23187 Thank you for your support! -Specimen collection and Dr. Liz A. Allison other research projects Chair, Biology Department -Specimen processing Dr. Martha A. Case Director, William & Mary Herbarium</p><p>Ms. Beth H. Chambers Curator of the Herbarium 757-221-2213 [email protected] http://www.wm.edu/herbarium</p>