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Plant Collections

Botantists at the National Museum of Natural History work to discover the diversity of plant life in the water and on the land and understand the evolutionary origin of this diversity. The plant collections of the National Museum of Natural History's Department of Botany are among the most important worldwide. This vast and intensely managed collection of over 5 million specimens represents a premier national and international resource. Here you can explore and download free to use plant images from the museum. Horticulturalists at Smithsonian Gardens maintain living plant collections with thousands of unique items, including thousands of orchids.


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Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm.

Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.

Juniperus deppeana Steud.

Pinus strobus L.

Pinus aristata Engelm.

Ephedra viridis Coville

Pinus longaeva D.K. Bailey

Podocarpus coriaceus L.

Juniperus virginiana L.

Juniperus deppeana Steud.

Juniperus virginiana L.

Pinus aristata Engelm.

Juniperus virginiana L.

Juniperus virginiana L.

Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm.

Pinus aristata Engelm.

Hesperocyparis arizonica (Greene) Bartel

Hesperocyparis arizonica (Greene) Bartel

Abies concolor (Gordon & Glend.) Lindl. ex Hildebr.

Hesperocyparis arizonica (Greene) Bartel

Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg.

Pinus aristata Engelm.

Pinus canariensis C. Sm.

Ephedra tweediana Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

Gnetum nodiflorum Brongn.

Gnetum nodiflorum Brongn.

Gnetum schwackeanum Taub. ex Markgr.

Gnetum urens (Aubl.) Blume

Gnetum leyboldii Tul.

Gnetum schwackeanum Taub. ex Markgr.

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