Queensland Herbarium

About the Herbarium

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

How to identify specimens

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

Weeds

The most effective means of dealing with potential, new and emerging weeds are prevention and early intervention. The Herbarium helps identify new weeds.

Our specimen collection

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

Plant, fungi and algae research

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

Queensland Herbarium and Biodiversity Science publications

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

Webinars, seminars and events

Program of free public webinars at the Queensland Herbarium.

Ecology and conservation research

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