The Ahart Herbarium is open to the public!
Current hours are Fridays 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Visitors accessing campus facilities must comply with the CSU Chico vaccination policy.
The Ahart Herbarium allows scientists, students, state agencies, and visitors to see and examine more than 115,300 North State plants, dating from the pre-1930s to today. This living laboratory and historical archive helps us study regional plants, identify rare species, and recover genetic information—it is a critical resource as our changing climate rapidly reshapes local ecosystems.
For more information about the Ahart Herbarium, please visit www.csuchico.edu/herbarium/index.shtml
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Explore the CHSC specimen collection
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A group considered difficult by many people, the 90+ California manzanitas are actually easy to identify once you understand the characters and how they vary. Join authors Tom Parker and Mike Vasey to learn about this iconic group of Western North American plants.