Collections Housed by the Department of Biological Sciences

Collections

Greenhouse: T. Holder
The department has a 120 square meter greenhouse which houses a diverse teaching collection, and has space available for class and research projects.

Herbarium (MISSA): G. Ervin (ecology) and L. Wallace (systematics)
The Mississippi State University Herbarium houses approximately 30,000 vascular plant specimens. The collections are worldwide in scope, with a strong focus on the southeastern United States, especially the state of Mississippi. We have been collaborating with The Pullen Herbarium (MISS) at the University of Mississippi to database locality and other pertinent information from the collection.

Fish Collection: C. Taylor
The MSU fish collection currently consists of almost 9000 catalogued lots. The majority of the lots are from collections throughout the state of Mississippi and include species from freshwater, marine, and estuarine habitats. The fish collection is of considerable historical importance. A large part of it consists of collections from the upper Tombigbee River drainage before the river's biological integrity was insulted by the construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee (Tenn-Tom) Waterway.

Bird and Mammal Collections: E. Linder
The bird and mammal collections both have good representations of Mississippi specimens as well as representative organisms from around the world. The mammal collection includes fairly large series of Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginianus ), Peromyscus mice of several species, eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis ), and raccoon (Procyon lotor).

In addition to the skin holdings, the bird collection includes many skeletons and eggs, including a large series of House Sparrow (Passer domesticus ) eggs and Starling (Sturnus vulgaris ) skins and skeletons.

Fish Laboratory: C. Taylor
The fish laboratory is a 7200 square foot facility allowing controlled experimentation with aquatic organisms.

Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, 130 Harned Hall, Lee Blvd., Mississippi State, MS 39762



	Collections Greenhouse: T. Holder The department has a 120 square meter greenhouse which houses a diverse teaching collection, and has space available for class and research projects. Herbarium (MISSA): G. Ervin (ecology) and L. Wallace (systematics) The Mississippi State University Herbarium houses approximately 30,000 vascular plant specimens. The collections are worldwide in scope, with a strong focus on the southeastern United States, especially the state of Mississippi. We have been collaborating with The Pullen Herbarium (MISS) at the University of Mississippi to database locality and other pertinent information from the collection. Fish Collection: C. Taylor The MSU fish collection currently consists of almost 9000 catalogued lots. The majority of the lots are from collections throughout the state of Mississippi and include species from freshwater, marine, and estuarine habitats. The fish collection is of considerable historical importance. A large part of it consists of collections from the upper Tombigbee River drainage before the river's biological integrity was insulted by the construction of the Tennessee-Tombigbee (Tenn-Tom) Waterway. Bird and Mammal Collections: E. Linder The bird and mammal collections both have good representations of Mississippi specimens as well as representative organisms from around the world. The mammal collection includes fairly large series of Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginianus ), Peromyscus mice of several species, eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis ), and raccoon (Procyon lotor). In addition to the skin holdings, the bird collection includes many skeletons and eggs, including a large series of House Sparrow (Passer domesticus ) eggs and Starling (Sturnus vulgaris ) skins and skeletons. Fish Laboratory: C. Taylor The fish laboratory is a 7200 square foot facility allowing controlled experimentation with aquatic organisms.

Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, 130 Harned Hall, Lee Blvd., Mississippi State, MS 39762