Biospex Projects


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WeDigFLPlants


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Build the historical baseline for plant diversity and distribution in Florida.

  • 60 Expeditions
  • 315793 Digitizations
  • 5827 Participants

Ant Plants of Virginia


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Ants are essential to the life of over 11,000 plant species worldwide. Help us learn more about this remarkable partnership in Virginia.

  • 2 Expeditions
  • 4030 Digitizations
  • 170 Participants

Natural North Carolina


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Explore plant biodiversity of the southeastern United States!

  • 6 Expeditions
  • 31708 Digitizations
  • 714 Participants

Plants of Arkansas: Discovery and Dissemination


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Releasing 150 years of accumulated biodiversity knowledge in the Natural State.

  • 49 Expeditions
  • 346298 Digitizations
  • 3518 Participants

Pollinator Plants of Virginia


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Nearly two-thirds of flowering plant species depend on animal pollinators. Help us learn more about this critical partnership in Virginia.

  • 2 Expeditions
  • 29108 Digitizations
  • 610 Participants

Biodiversity Unleashed


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Crowdsourcing for Conservation & Climate Change Research @ NYBG

  • 46 Expeditions
  • 374548 Digitizations
  • 2354 Participants

The Vanderbilt University Collection at BRIT (Original Project)


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Specimens belonging to the Vanderbilt University Collection (VDB) at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT)

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 3471 Digitizations
  • 145 Participants

Mississippi Coastal Plant Diversity


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The Gulf Coast of Mississippi is one of the richest areas of the state biologically. Help us to document this amazing flora!

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 7804 Digitizations
  • 216 Participants

BOON Herbarium: Plants of Southeastern USA


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Herbaria full of information but few have access to what's hidden within. Help us move into the digital world & uncover herbaria wonders.

  • 3 Expeditions
  • 5191 Digitizations
  • 160 Participants

Herbarium Specimens of Tennessee


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Digitizing the herbaria of Tennessee

  • 36 Expeditions
  • 177155 Digitizations
  • 3184 Participants

Host Plants of Virginia


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Vascular plants sustain herbivorous insects. Help us learn more about this important ecological relationship in Virginia.

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 13478 Digitizations
  • 273 Participants

Spring Ephemerals


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Help us celebrate warmer weather and longer days by seeking out these short-lived wonders.

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 2655 Digitizations
  • 72 Participants

Ant Plants of West Virginia


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Vascular plants of West Virginia with seed dispersal by ants.

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 6767 Digitizations
  • 63 Participants

Fungus Among Us


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Fungus Among Us considers the 19th-Century fungi collected in South Carolina by Henry William Ravenel

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 1788 Digitizations
  • 111 Participants

We need your help! Transcribing specimens from the Ronald L. Jones Herbarium at EKU


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Please help us transcribe our herbarium specimens!

  • 2 Expeditions
  • 6005 Digitizations
  • 117 Participants

Cambrian Fossils


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More trilobites and some Burgess Shale beauties!

  • 2 Expeditions
  • 3209 Digitizations
  • 210 Participants

WeDigFlowering: Understanding phenology in the U.S. Southeast


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Help us understand how plants respond to climate across the Southeastern United States!

  • 2 Expeditions
  • 17007 Digitizations
  • 674 Participants

Microbe Mutualist Plants of Virginia


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Vascular plants are masters of microbial mutualisms. Help us learn more about this important ecological interaction in Virginia.

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 13276 Digitizations
  • 302 Participants

We need your help! Transcribing specimens from the Ronald L. Jones Herbarium at EKU (Part II)


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Please help us transcribe our herbarium specimens!

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 6062 Digitizations
  • 123 Participants

Fixating on Figworts in Virginia


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The figworts (formerly Scrophulariaceae) are colorful members of the Virginia flora that sometimes parasitize other plants.

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 4402 Digitizations
  • 50 Participants

We need your help! Transcribing specimens from the Ronald L. Jones Herbarium at EKU (Part III)


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Please help us transcribe our herbarium specimens!

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 7477 Digitizations
  • 250 Participants

Wetland Specialist Plants of Virginia


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Wetland plants protect water quality and comprise a unique flora in Virginia. Help us learn more about them – hip-waders not required!

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 12914 Digitizations
  • 174 Participants

We need your help! Transcribing specimens from the Ralph L. Thompson Herbarium at EKU (Part I)


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Please help us transcribe our herbarium specimens!

  • 3 Expeditions
  • 12059 Digitizations
  • 448 Participants

Field & Forest Plants of Virginia


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The flora of Virginia is still being discovered. Help us bring all the species to light!

  • 4 Expeditions
  • 14825 Digitizations
  • 156 Participants

NLU Ferns


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Ferns and lycophytes from the R. Dale Thomas Plant Collection at BRIT

  • 6 Expeditions
  • 30311 Digitizations
  • 477 Participants

Plants of the Columbus State University Herbarium


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Transcription of specimen label data from the Georgia's Columbus State University Herbarium

  • 2 Expeditions
  • 15041 Digitizations
  • 314 Participants

Botany with an edge: all about sedges


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"Sedges have edges" is a helpful mantra in plant ID to spot this tricky group. Try learning Virginia's sedge diversity with this expedition!

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 13272 Digitizations
  • 175 Participants

BRIT Texas Specimens


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New and historical specimens from across Texas

  • 3 Expeditions
  • 21465 Digitizations
  • 303 Participants

The Vanderbilt University Collection at BRIT


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Specimens belonging to the Vanderbilt University Collection (VDB) at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT)

  • 6 Expeditions
  • 13567 Digitizations
  • 252 Participants

How Weird is That?


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This project will help create data sets to train and test a machine learning algorithm that will detect anomalies in specimen data

  • 3 Expeditions
  • 52768 Digitizations
  • 1695 Participants

Capturing California's Flowers: The CAP Network


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Capturing California's flowers: Using digital images to investigate ​phenological change in a biodiversity hotspot​

  • 35 Expeditions
  • 158296 Digitizations
  • 8953 Participants

Botanical Miscellany Spanning Time and Space


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Pictures worth a thousand words - give or take a few. Specimen images without any data.

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 2758 Digitizations
  • 100 Participants

TORCH specimens from Texas and Oklahoma


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A wide variety of specimens from Texas and Oklahoma

  • 40 Expeditions
  • 160594 Digitizations
  • 4852 Participants

NLU Ferns - Part 2


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Ferns and lycophytes from the R. Dale Thomas Plant Collection at BRIT

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 1857 Digitizations
  • 58 Participants

Wild Tomatillos! (TORCH)


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Discover the diversity of plants in the genus Physalis, the ground cherries and tomatillos.

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 1166 Digitizations
  • 85 Participants

Field Botany Expedition to Texas


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Join us for an expedition to document ferns, gymnosperms, and monocots of Texas.

  • 4 Expeditions
  • 10537 Digitizations
  • 445 Participants

CU Boulder Digs Bio!


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Join CU Boulder's Herbarium as we aid the effort to digitize the biocollections of the world!

  • 2 Expeditions
  • 16165 Digitizations
  • 575 Participants

Southeastern Forests from the R. Dale Thomas Collection


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Trees from the R. Dale Thomas Plant Collection at BRIT

  • 2 Expeditions
  • 12343 Digitizations
  • 242 Participants

Digitizing the Biology Collection of the Science Museum of Minnesota


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Help us digitize our 170,000 plant and animal specimens from around the world!

  • 2 Expeditions
  • 2837 Digitizations
  • 132 Participants

Plants of Virginia: Treasures of the LFCC Herbarium


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Help uncover the diverse specimens of the Lord Fairfax Community College Herbarium, a regional collection with an international flair.

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 12074 Digitizations
  • 359 Participants

TAES specimens from everywhere


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Help the S.M. Tracy Herbarium discover their collection contents.

  • 2 Expeditions
  • 4 Digitizations
  • 0 Participants

Herbarium Specimens of the Walls of Jericho, Alabama


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The goal of this project is to digitize specimens collected near the Walls of Jericho protected area.

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 5520 Digitizations
  • 61 Participants

WeDigSC Plants


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Expand the publicly accessible database on plant specimens of SC

  • 3 Expeditions
  • 2610 Digitizations
  • 91 Participants

Plants of Virginia: The Botanical Legacy of Lena Artz


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Help us uncover the life's work of Lena Artz, a hidden figure of mid-20th century Virginian botany.

  • 3 Expeditions
  • 2586 Digitizations
  • 88 Participants

Knox County Plants Through Time


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Transcribing vascular plants collected in Knox County, Tennessee, U.S.A.

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 0 Digitizations
  • 0 Participants

Plants of Virginia: Treasures of the VMIL Herbarium


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Help uncover the Virginia Military Institute Herbarium, a collection with deep roots in the botanical history of the state.

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 0 Digitizations
  • 0 Participants

Plants of Northern Alabama and Southern Tennessee; Digitizing data to aid in a floristic inventory


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Assist graduate students in databasing plant occurrence records found in counties of Southern Tennessee and Northern Alabama

  • 3 Expeditions
  • 0 Digitizations
  • 0 Participants

Botanical Miscellany II: No Monotony in Botany


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Pictures worth a thousand words - give or take a few. Specimen images without any data.

  • 1 Expeditions
  • 5021 Digitizations
  • 127 Participants
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