Butler University Friesner Herbarium (BUT)
Citation
Dolan R W, Moore M (2023). Butler University Friesner Herbarium (BUT). Version 11.395. USF Water Institute. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/9phobx accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-08.Description
The Friesner Herbarium is a systematic collection of over 100,000 dried, pressed and preserved plant specimens. The Herbarium, third largest in the state, grew out of the personal collections of Dr. Ray C. Friesner, Professor and Chair of the Botany Department, 1920-1952. Many students and other Butler faculty have contributed plants through the years. The specimens, with their carefully documented labels, comprise a reference library on historical distribution, habitats, and timing of flower and fruit production. The collection's voucher specimens serve to verify plant identification. Although the Herbarium contains plants from around the world, the collection emphasizes plants of Indiana. The collection has samples of 96% of the approximately 2500 taxa of native Indiana plants. Multiple specimens are present for most plants, providing more information than single drawings or photographs from books to assist in learning what a plant looks like. Most of our collections were made during the first half of the century and now constitute documentation of Indiana's historical vegetation. They also provide information on the habitat (e.g., woods, swamp, prairie) where plants were collected and would likely be found again.Taxonomic Coverages
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Contacts
Rebecca W. Dolanoriginator
position: Director
Butler University
4600 Sunset Avenue.
Indianapolis
46208
Indiana
US
Telephone: +1-317-940-9413
email: rdolan@butler.edu
homepage: http://www.butler.edu/herbarium
Marcia Moore
metadata author
position: Assistant
Butler University
4600 Sunset Avenue.
Indianapolis
46208
Indiana
US
Telephone: +1-317-940-8302
email: mmoore@butler.edu
homepage: http://www.butler.edu/herbarium
Marcia Moore
user
position: Assistant
Butler University
4600 Sunset Avenue.
Indianapolis
46208
Indiana
US
Telephone: +1-317-940-8302
email: mmoore@butler.edu
homepage: http://www.butler.edu/herbarium
Rebecca W. Dolan
administrative point of contact
position: Director
Butler University
4600 Sunset Avenue.
Indianapolis
46208
Indiana
US
Telephone: +1-317-940-9413
email: rdolan@butler.edu
homepage: http://www.butler.edu/herbarium