Stockrooms
The Department of Biological Sciences at Idaho State University has knowledgeable staff and a variety of resources available to support our departmental teaching activities and our broader educational outreach needs for the Pocatello and Southeast Idaho communities. The primary function and personnel of the stockrooms is to provide direct support for laboratory education courses.
These forms are fillable in either Google OR Adobe/Word: 1) download, 2) open in Adobe Reader, Excel, or MS Word, and 3) fill it out before printing.
Teaching Supplies: Vendor Order Template; Stockroom Lab Requisition
Lab Safety: Accident Reporting Form; Workers' Compensation; Chemical Waste Form
Academic Dishonesty: Academic Dishonesty Incident Reporting
Greenhouse LS 253 & 254
By appointment
Greenhouse Supervisor - Sunshine Denney
Updated 11/14/2019
The greenhouse plant collection acts as a living reference collection organized into four zones, each representing a type of climate.
| Species OR Genus | Common name |
|---|---|
| Abutilon hybridum | flowering mallow |
| Acacia hindsii | |
| Adansonia digitata | baobab, dead-rat tree, monkey-bread tree, upside-down tree, cream of tartar tree |
| Adenium obesum | Sabi star, kudu, mock azalea, impala lily, and desert rose. |
| Adiantum | Maidenhair fern |
| Adromischus cristatus | crinkle leaf plant |
| Aeonium | tree houseleek |
| Aeschynanthus lobbianus | lipstick plant |
| Agave americana | spiky aloe or agave |
| Aglaonema | Chinese evergreens |
| Albuca bracteata | pregnant onion |
| Alluaudia ascendens | |
| Alluaudia dumosa | |
| Alocasia poll | |
| Aloe arborescens | Giant aloe |
| Alternanthera ficoidea | parrot leaf |
| Amorphophallus krausi | |
| Amorphophallus paeoniifolius | elephant foot yam or white spot giant arum or stink lily |
| Anacampseros filamentosa | |
| Ananas comosus | pineapple |
| Angiopteris evecta | Giant Fern |
| Annas comosus | pineapple |
| Aptenia cordifolia | heartleaf ice plant or the baby sun rose |
| Aristolochia elegans | dutchman's pipe |
| Asplenium bulbiferum | mother spleenwort, hen and chicken fern |
| Asplenium nidus | Bird's nest fern |
| Astrophytum ornatum | bishop's cap |
| Begonia coccinea | Wing Begonia |
| Billbergia nutans | Queen's tears |
| Bougainvillea spectabilis or glabra | |
| Bowiea volubilis | climbing-onion, sea onion |
| Brugmansia | angel trumpet |
| Bryophyllum tubiflorum | mother of millions, devil's backbone, chandelier plant |
| Campyloneurum phyllitidis | long strap fern |
| Capparis spinosa | caper bush, flinders rose |
| Carambola | starfruit |
| Carica papaya | papaya, papaw, or pawpaw |
| Carissa macrocarpa | large num-num, Natal Plum |
| Carnegiea gigantea | saguaro |
| Ceropegia woodii | chain of hearts, collar of hearts, string of hearts, rosary vine, hearts-on-a-string, and sweetheart vine. |
| Chamaecereus silvestrii | Cacta Leaf |
| Chamaedorea seifrizii | bamboo palm |
| Chlorophytum amaniense | fire flash |
| Chlorophytum comosum | Spider plant |
| Cissus rotundifolia | Arabian Wax Cissus |
| Cissus sicyoides | Princess vine, Millionaire vine, and Curtain Ivy |
| Citronella mucronata | |
| Citrus × limon x medica | Ponderosa lemons |
| Citrus aurentifolia |
|
| Citrus medica | Citron |
| Coccothrinax macroglossa | palm |
| Codiaeum variegatum | |
| Colocasia esculenta | taro root |
| Conocephalum | liverwort |
| Costus woodsonii | red ginger |
| Crassula ovata | jade |
| Crossandra infundibuliformis | firecracker flower |
| Cyathea cooperi | Australian tree fern, lacy tree fern, scaly tree fern, or Cooper’s tree fern, |
| Cycas revoluta | sago palm, king sago, sago cycad, Japanese sago palm |
| Cylindropuntia bigelovii | yellow teddybear cactus, teddy bear cholla |
| Cylindropuntia imbricata | walking stick cholla, tree cholla, chainlink cactus |
| Cymbopogon flexuosus | Cochin Grass or Malabar Grass |
| Cyperus alternifolius | umbrella papyrus, umbrella sedge, or umbrella palm |
| Cyperus papyrus | papyrus sedge, paper reed, Indian matting plant, Nile grass |
| Cyrtomium falcatum | house holly-fern and Japanese holly fern |
| Davallia mariesii | squirrels foot fern |
| Dendrobium lindleyi | Lindley's Dendrobium |
| Dioon edule | Chestnut Dioon |
| Dioon spinulosum | giant dioon, gum palm |
| Dischidia albida | Propeller Vine |
| Dorstenia foetida | |
| Dorstenia radiata | |
| Echeveria | |
| Echinocactus | hedgehog cactus |
| Echinocereus pectinatus | rainbow cactus |
|
Echinopsis chamaecereus syn. Chamaecereus sylvestris |
peanut cactus |
| Elodea | water weed |
| Encylia cochleata | |
| Ephedra viridis | Mormon tea |
| Equisetum | horsetail, snake grass, puzzle grass |
| Eucalyptus deglupta | |
| Eucrosia bicolor | |
| Euphorbia milii | crown of thorns, Christ plant, Christ thorn |
|
Euphorbia ritchiei |
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| Euphorbia tirucalli | Aveloz, Firestick Plants, Indian Tree Spurge, Naked Lady, Pencil Tree, Pencil Cactus, Sticks on Fire or Milk Bush |
| Euphorbia viguieri | |
| Faucaria tigrina | Tiger's jaw |
| Fenestraria rhopalophylla | baby toes, window plant |
| Ficus carica | common fig |
| Ficus elastica | rubber bush, rubber tree, rubber plant, or Indian rubber bush |
| Fouquieria splendens | ocotillo |
| Fuchsia triphylla | |
| Gardenia jasminoides | gardenia, cape jasmine, cape jessamine, danh-danh, or jasmin |
| Gasteria | |
| Glechoma hederacea | ground-ivy, gill-over-the-ground, creeping charlie, alehoof, tunhoof, catsfoot, field balm, and run-away-robin |
| Gossypium hirsutum | upland cotton or Mexican cotton |
| Graptopetalum paraguayense | Mother-of-pearl-plant and Ghost-plant |
| Haworthia retusa | |
| Hedera helix | common ivy, English ivy, European ivy |
| Hemionitis arifolia | heart fern |
| Hippeastrum | amaryllis |
| Hoya carnosa | porcelain flower or wax plant |
| Huernia | |
| Hylocereus | dragonfruit |
| Hypnum cupressiforme | cypress-leaved plait-moss or hypnum moss |
| Hypoestes phyllostachya syn. Hypoestes sanguinolenta |
polka-dot plant |
| Jasminum officinale | common jasmine or simply jasmine |
| Juniperus scopulorum | Rocky Mountain Juniper |
| Justicia carnea | Brazilian plume flower, Brazilian-plume, flamingo flower, and jacobinia |
| Kalanchoe luciae | Paddle Plant |
| Kalanchoe prolifera | Blooming Boxes |
| Kalanchoe tomentosa | Chocolate Soldier Panda Plant |
| Lemna minor | common duckweed or lesser duckweed |
| Leuchtenbergia principis | agave cactus or prism cactus |
| Lithops hallii | soapstone |
| Malpighia coccigera | Singapore holly or dwarf holly |
| Mammillaria prolifera | Texas nipple cactus |
| Marchantia | liverwort |
| Marsilea drummondii | nardoo |
| Marsilea quadrifolia | Four Leaf Clover; European waterclover (USA); sushni in parts of India; aalaik keerai in Tamil. |
| Matucana madisoniorum | |
| Melaleuca glauca | Albany bottlebrush |
| Microgramma palmeri | nitida |
| Mimosa pudica | sensitive plant, sleepy plant, or shy plant |
| Mnium | stellar calcareous moss |
| Monadenium richtei | |
| Monstera deliciosa | Mexican breadfruit |
| Nematanthus wettsteinii | goldfish plant |
| Nepenthes alata | winged pitcher plant |
| Nepenthes maxima | great pitcher plant |
| Nephrolepis cordifolia | tuber ladder fern, erect sword fern, narrow sword fern and ladder fern, fishbone fern, and herringbone fern |
| Nephrolepis Cordifolia cv. 'duffi' | lemon button fern |
| Nephrolepis exaltata | Boston fern |
| Nerium oleander | dogbane |
| Nicotiana langsdorffii | |
| Nymphaea | water lily |
| Odontonema strictum | firespike |
| Olea europa | olive |
| Opuntia microdasys | angel's-wings, bunny ears cactus, bunny cactus, or polka-dot cactus |
| Opuntia polyacantha | plains prickly pear, hair spine cactus, panhandle prickly pear, and starvation prickly pear |
| Opuntia vulgaris | pencil cactus |
| Osteospermum caulescens | daisybush |
| Oxalis | green shamrock |
| Pachypodium | |
| Passiflora coriacea | bat leaf passionflower |
| Passiflora edulis | purple granadilla |
| Passiflora quadrangularis | giant granadilla |
| Pelargonium domesticum | royal geraniums |
| Peperomia fraseri 'nana' | Flowering peperomia |
| Persea americana | avocado |
| Phalaenopsis amabilis | moth orchid |
| Phalaenopsis celebensis | The Celebes Phalaenopsis |
| Philodendron bipinnatifidum | lacy tree philodendron |
| Philodendron erubescens | blushing philodendron |
| Pilea cadierei | aluminum plant |
| Pistia stratiotes | water lettuce, Nile cabbage |
| Platycerium bifurcatum | staghorn fern |
| Plectranthus | Swedish ivy |
| Pogostemon heyneanus | patchouli |
| Polypodium aureum | rabbit foot fern |
| Polypodium formosanum | frog foot fern |
| Polypodium virginianum | rock polypody, rock cap fern, or common polypody |
| Polytrichum | hair moss |
| Ponderosa rutaceae | Citrus limon |
| Portulacaria afra | elephant bush, dwarf jade plant, porkbush, and spekboom |
| Prosthechea cochleata syn. Encyclia cochleata |
Cockleshell Orchid or Clamshell Orchid |
| Psilotum nudum | whisk fern |
| Pteris multifida | Brake fern |
| Punica granatum | dwarf pomegranate |
| Rhipsalis salicornioides | Dancing Bones Cactus, Drunkard's Dream, Spice Cactus |
| Rhizophora mangle | mangrove |
| Rhoeo spathacea | Oyster Plant, Moses In The Cradle |
| Russelia | Firecracker plants or Coralblows |
| Saintpaulia ionantha | African violet |
| Salvinia | fairy moss, water fern |
| Sansevieria cylindrica | Cylindrical Snake Plant, African Spear or Spear Sansevieria |
| Sansevieria kirkii 'pulchra' | star sansevieria |
| Sansevieria trifasciata | snake plant, mother-in-law's tongue or Saint George's sword |
| Sansevieria trifasciata 'Hahnii' | lemon-lime, bird's nest |
| Schlumbergera truncata | Christmas cactus |
| Scyphularia pycnocarpa | possum-tail fern |
| Sedum morganianum | donkey's tail |
| Selaginella | spikemoss |
| Selenicereus grandiflorus | Large-flowered Cactus, Sweet-Scented Cactus or Vanilla Cactus |
| Setcreasea palliisa | Purple heart |
| Sinningia sellovii | |
| Solenostemon scutellarioides | coleus |
| Spathiphyllum | Spath or peace lilies. |
| Stapelia gigantea | carrion plant |
| Streptocarpella saxorum | African violet |
| Talinum paniculatum | fame flower, Jewels-of-Opar |
| Thelocactus bicolor | glory of Texas |
| Theobroma cacao | cacao tree and cocoa tree |
| Tillandsia | air plant |
| Tradescantia pallida | purple setcreasea, purple heart, and purple queen |
| Tradescantia sillamontana | |
| Tradescantia zebrina | wandering jew |
| Uebelmannia buiningii | |
| Vacheillia hindsii (formerly Acacia) | acacia, thorn tree, whistling thorn, or wattle, |
| Vanilla planifolia | vanilla orchid |
| Xerosicyos decaryi | |
| Yucca baccata | datil yucca or banana yucca |
| Zamia furfuracea | cardboard cycad |
| Zingiber officinale | ginger root |