Featured BIOSPEX Project
Biodiversity Unleashed

Contact

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