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    • Rugel’s pawpaw
    • Rugel’s pawpaw
    • Woodland poppymallow
    • Woodland poppymallow
    • Woodland poppymallow
    • Purple pitcher plant
    • Cat's-claw

    Ferdinand Rugel Collection

    The oldest specimens in the Herbarium, gifted by the British Museum in 1970 in exchange for […]

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    • Dwarf chestnut
    • Dwarf chestnut
    • Dwarf chestnut
    • Hooded pitcherplant
    • Hooded pitcherplant

    Peter Rolfs Collection

    The Museum’s Herbarium was established by Peter Rolfs in 1891 at Florida Agricultural College in Lake […]

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    • Sherman's fox squirrel
    • Sherman's fox squirrel
    • Sherman's fox squirrel
    • Sherman's fox squirrel
    • Sherman's fox squirrel trap
    • Harley B. Sherman's collection journal
    • Harley B. Sherman's collection journal

    Sherman’s Fox Squirrel and Trap

    In the 1930s, Professor H.B. Sherman studied small mammals in North Central Florida, during which time […]

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    • Bird Eggs from the Doe Collection
    • Common tern eggs from the Doe Collection
    • Common tern eggs from the Doe Collection
    • Common tern eggs from the Doe Collection

    Bird Eggs from the Doe Collection

    Charles Doe was the Museum’s first Curator of Birds, 1932–1946. The Doe eggs and associated historical […]

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    • Van Hyning Cockle Shells
    • Van Hyning Cockle Shell
    • Van Hyning Cockle Shell
    • Van Hyning Cockle Shells

    Van Hyning Cockle Shell

    Van Hyning became the Museum’s first director in 1914, and ran it virtually unassisted for 29 […]

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    • Chief’s Wearing Blanket
    • Chief’s Wearing Blanket
    • Chief’s Wearing Blanket

    Chief’s Wearing Blanket

    The Navajo made this blanket at a time when they were being forced onto reservations and […]

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