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Biodiversity Unleashed

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New York Botanical Garden: William & Lynda Steere Herbarium

Description

Crowdsourcing for Conservation & Climate Change Research @ NYBG

The New York Botanical Garden is a world leader in plant research and conservation, using traditional and cutting-edge tools to discover, understand, and preserve Earth's vast botanical diversity. For 125 years, we have endeavored to share the insights we have gained with scholars and the general public. Now you have the opportunity to help mobilize biodiversity data from preserved herbarium specimens to advance scientific research!

Geographic Scope

Worldwide

Taxonomic Scope

Vascular plants, Fungi, Bryophytes

Temporal Scope

Historical, Modern

Language Skills Required

English

Activities

Herbarium specimen transcription

Expeditions

46 Expeditions 377635 Digitizations 2354 Participants

No Expeditions exist.

Unlocking Northeastern Forests: Nature's Laboratories for Global Change

Help decode patterns of diversity & the consequences of land-use & climate change by transcribing historic plant specimens of the Northeast

6598 Digitizations
158 Participants
93% Completed

Unlocking Northeastern Forests: Nature's Laboratories for Global Change (Part II)

Help decode patterns of diversity & the consequences of land-use & climate change by transcribing historic plant specimens of the Northeast

8624 Digitizations
139 Participants
100% Completed

Journeys to the “Botanical Fountain of Youth”: Expeditions of John K.Small (1869-1938)

Follow renowned 19th century botanist J.K. Small and help reconstruct the primordial native flora of the Southeastern United States.

7540 Digitizations
149 Participants
100% Completed

Journeys to the “Botanical Fountain of Youth”: Expeditions of John K. Small (Part II)

Follow renowned 19th century botanist J.K. Small and help reconstruct the primordial native flora of the Southeastern United States.

6538 Digitizations
116 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 1) -- Starting with Sunflowers

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

5127 Digitizations
85 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 2) -- Lost Legumes

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

4780 Digitizations
27 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 3) -- Secretive Sedges

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

4446 Digitizations
17 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 4) -- Reclusive Rosaceae

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

4580 Digitizations
12 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 5) -- Gone with the Grasses

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

5015 Digitizations
16 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 5) -- Gone with the Grasses (II)

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

4966 Digitizations
10 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 5) -- Gone with the Grasses (III)

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

5006 Digitizations
12 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 5) -- Gone with the Grasses (IV)

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

5005 Digitizations
8 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 5) -- Gone with the Grasses (V)

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

4040 Digitizations
5 Participants
100% Completed

“Nature’s Nobleman”: Botanical Legacies of William Canby (1831-1904)

Discover the collections of William Canby, 19th century explorer, businessman, and botanist who surveyed for the transcontinental railroad

7329 Digitizations
90 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter -- Boggled by Blueberries

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

3515 Digitizations
13 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter -- Lost Legumes (II)

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

4099 Digitizations
13 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter -- Secretive Sedges (II)

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

5015 Digitizations
6 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter -- Anomalous Asters

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

5012 Digitizations
7 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter -- Anomalous Asters (II)

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

2388 Digitizations
4 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter -- Anomalous Asters (III)

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

3684 Digitizations
6 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter -- Baffling Broomrapes

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

4779 Digitizations
8 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter -- Reclusive Rosaceae (II)

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

5007 Digitizations
6 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter -- Reclusive Rosaceae (III)

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

3792 Digitizations
7 Participants
100% Completed

Geography: US State Spotter -- Reclusive Rosaceae (IV)

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

3579 Digitizations
4 Participants
100% Completed

1_US State Spotter: Herbal Exploration -- Mints, Violets, Buttercups, and Borages

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the geographic area where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

0 Digitizations
0 Participants
0% Completed

US State Spotter: Herbal Exploration (II) Mustards, Primrose, Parsley, and Plantains

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the US State where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

15999 Digitizations
15 Participants
100% Completed

US State Spotter: Mysterious Monocots!

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the US State where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

12226 Digitizations
19 Participants
100% Completed

“Islands in the Sky”: Alpine Flowers and Climate Change

Help scientists study the long-term effects of climate change at high elevations by documenting historic collections of alpine plants

10783 Digitizations
386 Participants
100% Completed

US State Spotter: Herbal Exploration (III) Mallow, Amaranth, Gentian, & Verbena

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the US State where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

10665 Digitizations
212 Participants
100% Completed

US State Spotter: Herbal Exploration (IV): Poppies, Bellflowers, Saxifrage, & St. John’s wort

Help connect researchers to biodiversity data by identifying the US State where each historic plant specimen was originally collected

10354 Digitizations
182 Participants
100% Completed

US State Spotter: Crop-relative Chronicles

Help researchers investigate agriculturally important plant families by identifying the US State where each historic specimen was found

19632 Digitizations
19 Participants
100% Completed

US State Spotter: Horticultural Heavyweights

Help researchers investigate important ornamental plant families by identifying the US State of origin for each historic specimen

19810 Digitizations
23 Participants
100% Completed

The Orchid Next Door: Orchids of the United States & Canada (I)

Help document native orchids and investigate patterns in orchid divserification across the United States and Canada

9332 Digitizations
277 Participants
100% Completed

US State Spotter: Tree of Life Tour - Asterids

Help researchers investigate the biodiverse Asterid clade by identifying the US State of origin for each historic plant specimen

17670 Digitizations
15 Participants
88% Completed

US State Spotter: Tree of Life Tour - Eudicots

Help botanical researchers by identifying the US State of origin for each historic plant specimen

16671 Digitizations
18 Participants
100% Completed

NYBG Globe Spotter: Herbarium Inbox (Part 1)

Help connect researchers to global biodiversity data by identifying the geographic origin of these new additions to our herbarium

20032 Digitizations
66 Participants
100% Completed

NYBG Globe Spotter: Herbarium Inbox (Part 2)

Help connect researchers to global biodiversity data by identifying the geographic origin of these new additions to our herbarium

16891 Digitizations
41 Participants
100% Completed

NYBG Globe Spotter: Herbarium Inbox (Part 3)

Help connect researchers to global biodiversity data by identifying the geographic origin of these new additions to our herbarium

18316 Digitizations
23 Participants
100% Completed

The Orchid Next Door (II) Orchids of the Northeastern US

Help document native orchids and investigate patterns in orchid diversification across the Northeastern US

8729 Digitizations
239 Participants
100% Completed

The Orchid Next Door (III) Orchids of the Southern US

Help document native orchids and investigate patterns in orchid diversification across the southern United States

3201 Digitizations
118 Participants
100% Completed

NYBG Globespotter: Epiphytes of the World (I)

Help connect researchers to global biodiversity data by identifying the geographic origin of epiphytic plant specimens

15926 Digitizations
202 Participants
100% Completed

The Orchid Next Door (IV) Orchids of the Western & Midwestern US

Help document native orchids and investigate patterns in orchid diversification across the west and midwest United States

Featured BIOSPEX Project Biodiversity Unleashed

Contact

Organization

Description

Geographic Scope

Taxonomic Scope

Temporal Scope

Language Skills Required

Activities

Expeditions

No Expeditions exist.

Unlocking Northeastern Forests: Nature's Laboratories for Global Change

Unlocking Northeastern Forests: Nature's Laboratories for Global Change (Part II)

Journeys to the “Botanical Fountain of Youth”: Expeditions of John K.Small (1869-1938)

Journeys to the “Botanical Fountain of Youth”: Expeditions of John K. Small (Part II)

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 1) -- Starting with Sunflowers

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 2) -- Lost Legumes

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 3) -- Secretive Sedges

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 4) -- Reclusive Rosaceae

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 5) -- Gone with the Grasses

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 5) -- Gone with the Grasses (II)

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 5) -- Gone with the Grasses (III)

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 5) -- Gone with the Grasses (IV)

Geography: US State Spotter (Part 5) -- Gone with the Grasses (V)

“Nature’s Nobleman”: Botanical Legacies of William Canby (1831-1904)

Geography: US State Spotter -- Boggled by Blueberries

Geography: US State Spotter -- Lost Legumes (II)

Geography: US State Spotter -- Secretive Sedges (II)

Geography: US State Spotter -- Anomalous Asters

Geography: US State Spotter -- Anomalous Asters (II)

Geography: US State Spotter -- Anomalous Asters (III)

Geography: US State Spotter -- Baffling Broomrapes

Geography: US State Spotter -- Reclusive Rosaceae (II)

Geography: US State Spotter -- Reclusive Rosaceae (III)

Geography: US State Spotter -- Reclusive Rosaceae (IV)

1_US State Spotter: Herbal Exploration -- Mints, Violets, Buttercups, and Borages

US State Spotter: Herbal Exploration (II) Mustards, Primrose, Parsley, and Plantains

US State Spotter: Mysterious Monocots!

“Islands in the Sky”: Alpine Flowers and Climate Change

US State Spotter: Herbal Exploration (III) Mallow, Amaranth, Gentian, & Verbena

US State Spotter: Herbal Exploration (IV): Poppies, Bellflowers, Saxifrage, & St. John’s wort

US State Spotter: Crop-relative Chronicles

US State Spotter: Horticultural Heavyweights

The Orchid Next Door: Orchids of the United States & Canada (I)

US State Spotter: Tree of Life Tour - Asterids

US State Spotter: Tree of Life Tour - Eudicots

NYBG Globe Spotter: Herbarium Inbox (Part 1)

NYBG Globe Spotter: Herbarium Inbox (Part 2)

NYBG Globe Spotter: Herbarium Inbox (Part 3)

The Orchid Next Door (II) Orchids of the Northeastern US

The Orchid Next Door (III) Orchids of the Southern US

NYBG Globespotter: Epiphytes of the World (I)

The Orchid Next Door (IV) Orchids of the Western & Midwestern US

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