The National Herbarium of Biology Department – College of Science - United Arab Emirates University (NH-UAEU) is the first herbarium in the United Arab Emirates, registered in Index Herbarium (NYBG) as the first and biggest herbarium in the United Arab Emirates. The herbarium includes 19,000 dried plant samples preserved with their scientific names, provided with adequate information, and representing 630 species of wild plants that have been recorded in the environments in the country such as deserts, mountains, valleys or plains.