OSC/ORE Integration Project at the OSU Herbarium
coordinated by Dr. Scott Sundberg
With the aid of a grant from the National Science Foundation, renovation and construction has been completed on a consolidated new herbarium facility at Oregon State University. This con
cludes a two year process which began in November, 1991 when the first suggestions were made to combine the University of Oregon and Oregon State University herbaria in Corvallis. The next two years will see the integration, nomenclatural updating, a
nd refiling of all OSU and UO specimens into a single collection. Dr. Scott Sundberg has taken on an NSF-funded position to carry out the collection consolidation. He will be assisted in this undertaking
by OSU graduate and undergraduate students.
The newly consolidated herbarium is the central resource for the documentation and study of Oregon's rich flora. The herbarium is dedicated to research in plant systematics, public service through the identification of plant specimens, and answering inq
uiries about plants of the Pacific Northwest. In addition to providing the principal training ground for students in plant systematics, the herbarium serves as the source of information and specimens for research at OSU and other institutions.
We will be providing more information soon!
Sunday, 09-Mar-1997 11:44:10 PST