Queensland Herbarium

You can visit or volunteer at the Queensland Herbarium - the centre for research and information on Queensland ecosystems, plants and fungi.

Find out how to collect plant specimens and get them identified.

• Identifying weeds
• Weed Spotters Network Queensland
• New weed species

Botanists and members of the public contribute thousands of specimens to the herbarium collection each year.

Scientists describe, name and classify new species, improve existing classifications and provide identification services and tools to the public.

The Herbarium publishes journals (like Austrobaileya), books, posters, reports, manuals and information sheets, some for sale but most are free.

Program of free public webinars at the Queensland Herbarium.

Governments, landholders and environmental groups need to understand ecological processes and the role of plants and animals to manage the natural environment properly.