Teaching Collection
The Teaching Collection consists of over eight hundred unique species of plants from all over the world. Since the late 1800's, Duke Biology faculty have gathered these plant specimens from the wild and have created comprehensive collections of carnivorous plants, cycads, xeric, aquatic, tropical and temperate plants. We preserve many rare and endangered species within our greenhouses. The teaching collection is primarily used to support educational objectives of undergraduate courses and laboratories within the Biology Department. Its plant collections serve as a educational resource for school groups and plant enthusiasts.
Jenny GordonTeaching Collection Horticulturist130 Science DriveRoom 137, Duke Box 90388Durham NC 27708919-660-7265jenny.gordon@duke.eduMichael Barnes, Greenhouse Manager, 919-660-7265 email
Duke Biology Box 90338 Durham, NC 27708 Phone: 919-660-7372 Fax: 919-660-7293