E. C. Smith Herbarium

E. C. Smith Herbarium The E.C. Smith Herbarium contains over 200,000 specimens, including vascular plants, bryophytes, and fungi.

It is the largest herbarium in Atlantic Canada and the first Canadian herbarium to have a digital database with scanned images of the collection.

04/13/2026
03/31/2026

🌼 Today is an exciting day! Staff and volunteers started uncovering plants for our Native Plant Sale June 6th at Acadia University. Visit our website to see a list of some of the plants available this year.

🌱 All plants grown by our volunteers have overwintered outside for at least one season to ensure they are hardy and ready to follow you home.

https://kcirvingcentre.acadiau.ca/nativeplantsale

03/28/2026

The word of the day is "julaceous" which is a way of saying a stem or branch looks like a worm or catkin (ament). The spoon-leaved moss (Bryoandersonia illecebra) illustrates this nicely. Its stems are smooth and cylindric thanks to its tightly overlapping leaves.

03/28/2026
03/28/2026

🌱 If you're 50+ and interested in learning about gardening with native plants, we're offering a short course in April open to ALL: Acadia Lifelong Learning members. Gardening for People and the Planet with Melanie Priesnitz and colleagues from the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre.

🌼 Discover the wild flora of the Wapna’ki Forest and learn about the plant conservation efforts taking place at the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens. Find inspiration on how to introduce native plants to your home garden and help support biodiversity.

🌳 Course will be held both outdoors at the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens and inside the classroom. Garden pathways are accessible and pace will be leisurely.

ALL members register today.
https://explore.acadiau.ca/product?catalog=ALL-Gardening-Course

03/28/2026

Did you know that one of Canada’s earliest botanists exchanged hundreds of letters with scientists around the world?

Newly digitized correspondence from John Macoun, the first botanist at the Canadian Museum of Nature, offers a window into how botanists collaborated in the late 1800s—sharing specimens, debating plant identifications and exploring Canada’s rich biodiversity. Written by museum volunteer Sandrine Prasil, this blog reveals how Macoun and his colleagues built the foundations of Canadian botany.

Read the story on our science blog 🔗 https://nature.ca/en/macouns-rich-correspondence/

02/18/2025

Hi! We'll be posting monthly from now on. What post topics would interest you the most? Comment below. :)

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