Delphinium Ajacis (Larkspur) specimen and label from the TWU Herbarium historical collection. Specimen collected by Albert Ruth in 1919.
The Texas Woman's University Herbarium features many ongoing and newly added specimens as well as a historical collection. Our historical collection contains specimens donated by well-known Texas collectors and botanists between 1903 and 1947, and is particularly valuable for the biological information it provides concerning the flora of many areas in Texas (including Dallas, Fort Worth, Denton, Austin, Houston and Big Bend National Park), and several regions in New England and Mexico. The Herbarium involves both undergraduate and graduate students in curatorial and scientific projects while also providing an important source of knowledge for the scientific and regional communities.
The Herbarium is located in the basement of Scientific Research Commons (SRC), room 61G.
If you wish to view or use specimens in our collections, please contact the Herbarium curator, Camelia Maier, PhD, at cmaier@twu.edu. Use of the Herbarium is by prior arrangement only and restricted to normal working hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). For more information, please visit the Herbarium Use Policy page.
Digitized Herbarium
The TWU Herbarium is part of the Texas-Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria. Under the guidance of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas in Fort Worth, TORCH obtained NSF - Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections funding in 2017 to digitize vascular plant specimens.
Texas Woman's University has approved a native plant butterfly garden, or pollinator garden, for the Denton campus that will attract and sustain monarchs and many other butterflies, bees and birds. Biology division faculty and students are very much involved in the building and maintenance of the garden, as well as garden research and outreach projects. The butterfly garden project will proceed in two phases: Phase I, on the grounds of the Ann Stuart Science Complex, and Phase II, west of the Texas pond, which will be a large “showcase garden." The project will provide students with many opportunities to “learn by doing” and to serve the university by creating a beautiful landmark on campus.