The SHC originated from the work of curators in the Southeast as they began a massive effort towards digitizing herbaria across the southeastern United States. This history is important in understanding SHC today, which now has an international reach in countries around the world. In fact, as of 2023, 50% of our membership is international!
Please join us as the Southeast USA Chapter of SHC works to prepare a collaborative history. It is our hope that this document will eventually be published in SHC's Vasculum newsletter. If you have historical accounts to share in helping us reconstruct this history, please feel welcome to edit this page. Be sure to list your name as an author of the document so we can give you appropriate credit.