Gila National Forest Herbarium
Citation
USDA Forest Service (FS) (2024). Gila National Forest Herbarium. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yysad6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-23.Description
The collection as of August, 2023 contains 2147 specimens. The majority of specimens have been collected in Gila National forest and other areas of SW New Mexico. Many specimens were donated by Jack L. Carter, the author of Trees and Shrubs of New Mexico. Dr. Carter was a long-time resident of Silver City, NM, which is also the home of the Gila National Forest Herbarium. Dr. Carter gathered numerous volunteers to document the flora of SW NM during the 1990s. The specimens collected by Dr. Carter and volunteers make up the bulk of the Gila NF Herbarium. Vascular plants are the focus of the herbarium with lichens absent and only two moss specimens present. The Poaceae is especially well represented in the collection.Taxonomic Coverages
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Contacts
originatorSEINet Portal Network
email: seinetAdmin@asu.edu
homepage: https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/index.php
metadata author
SEINet Portal Network
email: seinetAdmin@asu.edu
homepage: https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/index.php
administrative point of contact
Gila National Forest Herbarium
Telephone: (575) 388-8201
email: james.mcgrath2@usda.gov
Jim McGrath
content provider
position: Primary Contact
email: james.mcgrath2@usda.gov
Jenny (Nessa) Rasmussen
content provider
position: Secondary Contact
email: Jenny.Rasmussen2@usda.gov