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UC received major funding as part of a large consortium to digitize macrofungi collections across the nation, in the second round of the Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections program at NSF. UC Curator of Fungi Tom Bruns is campus PI. This brings us to four major digitization projects active in the Herbaria at present.
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The SO BE FREE 17 bryophyte foray was held near Clear Lake, CA, March 27-30, 2012
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Botany Lunch New schedule for spring
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The debut of the new Manual was a hit at the San Diego CNPS conference. (photo Bob Allen)
The Berkleyan and the UC Berkeley News Center featured an article about the Manual and Jepson Curator Bruce Baldwin by Cathy Cockrell.
BERKELEY —
Thanks to new molecular-genetic tools and intensive field research, scientists' understanding of the native flora of the Golden State — one of the world's hotspots of botanical diversity — has grown
exponentially in the 18 years since publication of The Jepson Manual, the authoritative reference on California botany. New native plants have been discovered, evolutionary relationships redefined, additional species threatened or endangered by development and climate change —
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UC received major funding as part of a large consortium to digitize
bryophyte and lichen collections across the nation, in the new Advancing
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CalDay April 16, 2011!
Once again, the Herbaria flung open their doors to the public for the annual open house. Young and old alike crowded in to learn about the herbaria, see local wildflowers, press a specimen of their own, and hear talks by experts.
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UC/JEPS Curator of Fungi John Taylor leads a novel study combining genomics and ecology in an important paper on bread molds
| SO BE FREE 16 was held 23-26th March, 2011, in the northern Sierra Nevada Mountains |
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New Publications from UC Herbarium Researchers
Co-authored by UC/JEPS researchers Dan Norris and Jim Shevock, with famed macro-photographers Bill and Nancy Malcom. This book is a work of art as well as of science, and is available from the California Native Plant Society. The book features easy-to-read descriptions of each species, as well as spectacular photos of habitats, reproductive structures, and high-quality color micrographs of key morphological features. Available from the
Edited by UC researcher Momei Chen, this book features the ancient redwood lineages in both China and the United States, and provides scientific material in both Chinese and English. The book bridges language and cultural barriers and will hopefully focus public attention on these endangered trees in both countries. |
Learn about our contributions to the , a searchable online database of type specimens from herbaria around the world!
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Curatorial Volunteers Needed at University and Jepson Herbaria.
 One Saturday of each month is a Volunteer Day in the Herbaria. Work with Herbaria staff to help prepare mounted plant specimens and database collections.
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The Consortium of California Herbaria serves as a gateway to information from California vascular plant specimens that are housed in herbaria throughout the state. The display now includes information from nearly 1,500,000 specimens, all searchable through a single interface. Read more... |
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Evolutionary and systematic studies of Californian vascular plants are a major research focus of the Baldwin Lab in the Jepson Herbarium, where investigations of the highly diverse native tarweeds and their Hawaiian-silversword descendants continue apace. Read more... |
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