High school students from Trinity Valley School spent their summer break utilizing their computer science skills to create a quick and easy way to determine the fullness of our herbarium cabinets.

Haley Rylander looks back on her varied experiences during her BRIT internship.

By Hanna Liebermann, Hendrix College biology student / BRIT intern, & Charles Gardner, bryophyte specialist / BRIT Research Associate A tiny world of wonder! (taken with an iPhone 6 through the microscope eyepiece) Bryophytes, defined by their lack of vascular tissue, are a category of smaller plants that include the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. With the exception of the few specialists who hold these groups dear and recognize their miniature complexity, the “bryos” are generally an unsung category of botanical study. Nevertheless, they are an extremely valuable section of BRIT’s collection, representative of local and global vegetation. While the majority of BRIT’s bryophyte collection has been scanned and the packet label information entered into the Symbiota database, little had b...