Largemouth Bass
The economic impact of fishing in Florida is estimated to be $5.1 billion annually. This historical specimen of Largemouth Bass…
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American Alligator
A common sight in today’s Florida landscape, recent Museum research comparing modern and fossil skeletons shows that alligators remained virtually…
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Peter Rolfs Collection
The Museum’s Herbarium was established by Peter Rolfs in 1891 at Florida Agricultural College in Lake City. Later transferred to…
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Orange Blossom
Spaniards brought citrus to the Americas in the 15th century and orange trees became common in Spanish colonial gardens. Citrus…
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General Kirby Smith Collection
Kirby Smith was a Confederate general, amateur botanist and academic. He collected plants wherever he was stationed during his long…
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Ferdinand Rugel Collection
The oldest specimens in the Herbarium, gifted by the British Museum in 1970 in exchange for plant identification, document Florida…
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