Featured BIOSPEX Project
Natural North Carolina

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Contact

Shanna Oberreiter

Organization

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU)

Partners

Funding Source

National Science Foundation Under Cooperative Agreement 1410069

Description

Explore plant biodiversity of the southeastern United States!

Natural North Carolina is a collaboration between citizen scientists & research botanists to document the botanical diversity of the southeastern United States. Herbarium specimens are the basis of documenting the flora of a particular area. By transcribing the label data of herbarium specimens you are helping museum curators catalog their collections. This museum data is then used to make important decisions to protect natural habitats for plants & animals, to provide clean water, clean air & open space for people, and to advance sustainable relationships between people & nature.​

Incentives

Geographic Scope

Southeastern United States

Taxonomic Scope

Vascular Plants

Temporal Scope

1800 - Current

Language Skills Required

Activities

Expeditions

6 Expeditions 31723 Digitizations 714 Participants

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Logo for expedition: Natural North Carolina's - Be a Companion to Campanulaceae

Natural North Carolina's - Be a Companion to Campanulaceae

Lobelias, Bell Flowers & Hare Bells are loved by gardeners and relished by Hummingbirds. Help us map these plants in the Southeastern USA!

  • 7752 Digitizations
  • 276 Participants
  • 100% Completed
Logo for expedition: Adoxaceae - Elderberry and Viburnum!

Adoxaceae - Elderberry and Viburnum!

In the Southeastern United States, the Adoxaceae family is represented by Sambucus (Elderberry) and Viburnum.

  • 9317 Digitizations
  • 207 Participants
  • 100% Completed
Logo for expedition: Nothing's BETter Than BETULACEAE

Nothing's BETter Than BETULACEAE

Grab a chocolate bar with hazelnuts and a bottle of birch beer ! Get to know Hazelnuts, Alders, Hop Hornbeams, Ironwoods and Birches

  • 6914 Digitizations
  • 172 Participants
  • 100% Completed
Logo for expedition: The Meandering Mallows of Malvaceae

The Meandering Mallows of Malvaceae

From okra we eat, cotton we wear & hibiscus beauty we gaze at, Malvaceae has us covered! Please meander with us through where they live!

  • 7672 Digitizations
  • 110 Participants
  • 100% Completed

Events

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Digitizations

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