About the Atlas - Contributors

Contributors

An accurate database of plant distributions depends on the continuous work of botanists and enthusiasts alike. Herbaria that are looking to add their records to the atlas effort should contact Troy Weldy. As more and more herbaria enter vouchered specimens into a digital database, the atlas will grow and reflect the most accurate information available.

The Atlas is a specimen derived database. All new county records submitted for inclusion in the database must be backed by a voucher specimen deposited in a recognized herbarium (not personal collections). It is encouraged that the voucher specimen or a duplicate be sent to the New York State Museum (NYS). Individuals not familiar with how to make a voucher specimen should contact the NY State Herbarium.

In addition to voucher specimens, countless others have provided data and assistance to the atlas. These people include:

Dr. Richard Mitchell - NY State Museum: For producing the original 1990 NY Flora Association Atlas based on data largely collected by Stanley Smith.

Dr. John Kartesz - For digitizing the 1990 NY Flora Association Atlas and allowing us to start this project with a large dataset

Dr. Andrew Nelson - For continuing to review the atlas and providing a large number of photos for this atlas.

Dr. Tim Howard - For provided the generic ecological community descriptions

We graciously thank the following institutions for their valuable voucher specimen contributions:

Participating Herbaria

Herbarium Name	Code	Number of Records
Herbarium, Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University	A	91
Herbarium, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts	AC	6
John D. Herbarium, Auburn University	AUA	1
Bard College Herbarium	BARD	40
Bailey Hortorium Herbarium, Cornell University	BH	3,829
Herbarium, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, New York	BKL	8,708
The Natural History Museum	BM	1
Clinton Herbarium, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, NY	BUF	798
Wayne E Manning Herbarium, Bucknell University	BUPL	483
Herbarium, Canisius College, Biology Dept., Buffalo, NY	CANI	13
Charles B. Graves Herbarium, Botany Dept., Connecticut College, New London, CT	CCNL	1
Chrysler Herbarium, Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ	CHRB	262
Cranberry Lake Biological Station, Westchester County Parks, North White Plains, NY	CLBS	16
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh	CM	2
George Stafford Torrey Herbarium, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT	CONN	1,623
C.W. Post Herbarium, Long Island, NY	CWPOST	3
Herbarium, Botany Dept., Durham, NC	DUKE	6
Elmira College	ELMI	1
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	ESF	132
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago	F	3
Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University	FH	1
Herbarium of Finger Lakes Community College	FLCC	15
Fulton Montgomery Community College Herbarium	FMCC	381
Harvard University Herbarium, Cambridge, MA	GH	750
George R. Clooney Herbarium, Biology Dept., Colgate University, Hamilton, NY	GRCH	51
Hoysradt Herbarium, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY	HHH	64
Gordon Tucker's Fishers Island specimen collection, specimens waiting to be mounted at NYS	HLF	27
Houghton College, Houghton, NY	HOUGH	36
Monroe County Department of Parks Herbarium	HPH	9
Harvard University	HUH	456
Illinois Natural History Survey Herbarium	INHS	83
Northern Kentucky University herbarium	KNK	1
Herbarium, Botany Dept., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA	MASS	12
Herbarium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI	MICH	5
Pullen Herbarium of the University of Mississippi	MISS	63
Missouri Botanical Garden	MO	5
Stanley Smiley Research Center, Mohonk Preserve, New Paltz, NY	MOHONK	7
Herbarium, United States National Arboretum, Washington, DC	NA	3
Herbarium, New England Botanical Club, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA	NEBC	5
Niagara University Herbarium	NIAG	1
Herbarium, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY	NY	5,063
New York Flora Association. 1990. Preliminary Vouchered Atlas of New York State Flora, Ed. 1.	NYFA_1990	51,362
Herbarium, Biological Survey, New York State Museum, Albany, NY	NYS	21,757
Herbarium, Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay, NY	OBPF	3,164
Herbarium, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	PENN	1
Herbarium, Botany Dept., Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA	PH	1,060
Herbarium of Quebec	QUE	38
Herbarium, Queens College, Queens, NY	QUEENSCO	6
Herbarium, Rice Creek Field Station, State University of New York-Oswego, Oswego, NY	RCFS	1,570
Rocky Mountain Herbarium, University of Wyoming	RM	1
Herbarium, Botany Section, Rochester Academy of Science, Rochester, NY	ROCH	653
Swedish Museum of Natural History	S	21
Herbarium, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	SAHI	1
Herbarium, Biology Dept., Saint Bonaventure University, Saint Bonaventure, NY	SBU	36
Herbarium, Science Dept., Staten Island Institute of Arts and Science, Staten Island, NY	SIM	152
Sterling Nature Center - Cayuga County	STERL	225
Herbarium, Saint Lawrence University, Canton, NY	STLA	256
Herbarium, State University College at Buffalo	SUCB	1
SUNY-Oneonta Herbarium	SUCO	937
Herbarium, Plant Sciences Dept., Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY	SYR	305
Herbarium, College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, SUNY, Syracuse, NY	SYRF	68
S.M. Tracy Herbarium of Texas A&M University	TAES	75
University of California Herbarium (UC-Berkley)	UC	1
University of North Carolina	UNC	86
United States National Herbarium, Botany Dept., Washington, CD	US	100
Intermountain Herbarium, Utah State University	UTC	2
UTICA	UTICA	1
Pringle Herbarium, Botany Dept., University of Vermont, Burlington, VT	VT	2
Herbarium, Biology Dept., West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV	WVA	1
Herbarium, Osborn Memorial Laboratories, Biology Dept., Yale University, New Haven, CT	YU	44

For more information, contact: Troy Weldy or David Werier

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Citation Information:

Weldy, Troy and David Werier. 2009 New York Flora Atlas. [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (original application development), Florida Center for Community Design and Research. University of South Florida]. New York Flora Association, Albany, New York.

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Definition: Vouchered Specimen

A voucher specimen is a pressed and thoroughly dried plant sample deposited in a herbarium, and is intended to be a permanent record supporting research purposes. A voucher may be a record of a plant's occurrence in a particular area, or a specific example of a plant used in a scientific investigation.

Proper vouchers display all the necessary attributes for complete identification of the plant, and are to be accompanied by accurate locality, habitat, collection time, and collector data.

Only plant populations vouchered by specimens deposited in Index Herbariorum http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/IndexHerbariorum.asp recognized herbaria are represented on this map.