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Charles Zimmerman

Organization

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

  • 4156 Digitizations
  • 151 Participants
  • 100% Completed

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