Margaret H. Fulford Herbarium - CINC, University of Cincinnati

12/30/2025

2025 has been a momentous year for CINC - we finished moving into our beautiful, newly renovated home! Although we never fully closed, parts of the collection were inaccessible, but we’re back in business now thanks to the tireless efforts of collections manager, Olivia Leek, and our super team of undergraduate student workers and volunteers. A huge thanks to all of you who have helped us move forward!

UC's Margaret H. Fulford Herbarium moved from Crosley Tower to Rieveschl Hall with support from the National Science Foundation. UC has Ohio's third-largest collections of plant specimens from around the world.

10/07/2025

We are delighted to invite you to the grand re-opening of the relocated and newly-renovated Margaret H. Fulford Herbarium at the University of Cincinnati!

Join us as we celebrate this exciting new chapter with a brief history of the collection, demonstrations, and a showcase of some of our favorite specimens.

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A craft fundraiser will be held to provide future support for the Margaret H. Fulford Collection.

We look forward to sharing this special occasion with you. We hope you will join us, and please feel free to bring a friend!

Date: October 17th
Time: 1pm - 6pm
Location: 615E Rieveschl Hall

03/28/2025

For this weeks specimen spotlight we have Pyrus calleryana also known as Bradford Pear!

These trees are invasive to the U.S. and originally came from China and Vietnam!
It is now banned for sale in Ohio and several other states.

Spring has come early in Ohio so you may see these trees blooming!

02/28/2025

Today we had our monthly Herbarium meeting for February!

We participated in trivia about general Herbaria, The Margaret H. Fulford Herbarium, and our collectors!

Can you figure out who the collector is in the last slide?

05/26/2024

Very proud of CINC Colllections Manager, Olivia Leek, who won the 2024 College-wide Oustandibg Research Staff Award. Congratulations!!

03/30/2022

E. Lucy Braun asked her student, Margaret Fulford to organize a few hundred of her plant collections in 1927, and this was born the Margaret H Fulford herbarium

Before Women's History Month comes to an end, we wanted to spotlight another pioneer in conservation who was a prominent botanist and ecologist as well as an inductee in our Ohio Natural Resources Hall of Fame - Dr. E. Lucy Braun.

Dr. Braun was an environmentalist before the term was popularized, and a pioneering woman in her field, winning many awards for her work. She received a bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Cincinnati before becoming the second woman in the sciences and the third woman ever to receive a Ph.D. Her sister Annette was the first. Dr. Braun earned her Ph.D. in 1914, six years before woman won the right to vote in the U.S.

Dr. Braun was one of the first people to conduct scientific research in the field of plant ecology. Her research culminated in the book Deciduous Forests of Eastern Northern America (1950), a groundbreaking publication that received recognition and praise for its detailed documentation of deciduous trees from New Brunswick to Florida. In all, Dr. Braun published over 180 works, including four books and papers in 20 different journals.

Ohio History Connection

10/12/2021

We need your help!

We're hosting a virtual WeDigBio event with some of our awesome collaborators October 15 & 16 from 11:30 to 3pm ET! Help us unlock the secrets of museum specimens --- during these 3 hour virtual events you will learn about and , hear from scientists, and peak inside collections with virtual tours.

No experience necessary, and everyone 15+ is welcome!

You can register and join the GLOBAL team as a Community Scientist here --> https://tinyurl.com/WeDigBioGlobal

09/22/2021

CINC Specimen Collected On This Day In History - 09/22 - Ilex mucronata (originally identified as Nemopanthus mucronatus), commonly known as the mountain holly. Collected by J. Fowler, 146 years ago from Bass River, Weldford Parish, Kent Co., New Brunswick, Canada. Photo credits (left) to Wikimedia user Rob Routledge.

09/14/2021

CINC Specimen Collected On This Day In History - 09/14 - Torreya nucifera, commonly known as the Japanese nutmeg-yew. Collected by CINC Curator, Eric J. Tepe, 4 years ago from Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio. Illustration by P.F. Siebold and J.G. Zuccarini from Flora Japonica (1835). Photo credit to Wikimedia user Qurren.

09/09/2021

CINC Specimen Collected On This Day In History - 09/08 - Froelichia interrupta, commonly known as Texas snakecotton. Collected by Cyrus Guernsey Pringle, 137 years ago from the foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains, Pima Co., Arizona. Photo credits (right) to Sue Carnahan from The University of Arizona Herbarium.

08/30/2021

CINC Specimen Collected On This Day In History - 08/30 - Acer spicatum, commonly known as mountain maple. Collected by Charles F. Johnson, 123 years ago from the hills of the Wisconsin river. Illustration by Pancrace Bessa from The North American Sylva (1819). Photo credit to Wikimedia user jillllybean.