Specimen data and images

Specimen data and images

• Specimen data and images

• Public web interface

• Searchable

• Focus on federal specimens

• Integrated with non-federal data

Expand access to federal data for science researchers, land managers, educators, students, amateur botanists, youth groups, etc.

• Expand access to federal data for science researchers, land managers, educators, students, amateur botanists, youth groups, etc.

• Integrate federal and non-federal data (SEINet)

• Refine search design to improve federal data results

• Encourage federal participation in regional virtual herbarium initiatives

NPS and SEINet

• NPS and SEINet

• NPS, BLM and USFS data sources

• Other federal bureaus/agencies to be added

• Non-federal herbaria

• Endorsed by Biodiversity and Ecosystem Informatics Working Group (BioEco), Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, National Science and Technology Council

Virtual flora/herbarium

• Virtual flora/herbarium

• Specimen-based

• Research and education

• Biodiversity portal

• Specimen search engine
• Species checklists
• Interactive identification key
• Image library

Southwest USA

• Southwest USA

• 1.1 Million specimens

• 21 Herbaria

• 11 Arizona
• 5 New Mexico
• 3 Adjacent states
• 1 Sonora, Mexico
• 1 NY Botanical Garden

Specimen search engine

• Specimen search engine

• Specimen listing
• Specimen images
• Interactive maps
• Google Map
• Google Earth
• Species checklist
• Identification key

Backbone of floristic research

• Backbone of floristic research

• Vouchers

• Proof of occurrence

• Expert reviewed

• Verifiable

• 70,000,000+ US specimens

Scientifically complete

• Scientifically complete

• Flexible presentation

• Public outreach

• Cost effective

• Collaborative

• Software developers
• Herbarium curators
• Land managers

Arizona Flora

• Arizona Flora

• Annuals of the Grand Canyon National Park

• Grasses of the San Pedro Riparian Nat’l. Cons. Area

• Asteraceae within 30 miles of 34.2°, -112.4°

• My Backyard Flora

Content Management System (CMS) for biodiversity and floristic data

• Content Management System (CMS) for biodiversity and floristic data

• Other data nodes using Symbiota software

• SEINet – Plants of Southwestern North America
• Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria
• Madrean Archipelago Biodiversity Assessment
• Flora & Fauna within Arizona, New Mexico, Sonora Mexico
• CoTRAM – Cooperative Taxonomic Resource for American Myrtaceae
• Neotropical Virtual Flora

Independent Symbiota data node

• Independent Symbiota data node

• Self contained database and website

• Sub-node

• Other node’s database with separate website

• Floristic Project

• Collections of specimens, checklists, keys, etc.

• Local Flora

• Researchers, land managers, graduate students

• IFRAME insert into agency website

Fall 2009

• Fall 2009

• Project start

• Winter 2010

• Compile and define datasets
• Share concept with other regional virtual herbarium nodes

• Spring 2010

• Develop search interface for federal collections
• Demo at Earth Day event on National Mall

• Fall 2010

• Expand data set beyond NPS, BLM, USFS

• Winter 2011

• Complete Symbiota software & documentation
• Build toward US Virtual Herbarium

Ed Gilbert

• Ed Gilbert

• SEINet Administrator, Symbiota Developer

• Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS)

• Arizona State University

• [e-mail]

• 520-481-7638

• Ann Hitchcock

• Senior Advisor for Scientific Collections

• National Park Service

• [e-mail]

• 202-354-2271

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

• Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

• Arizona State University Herbarium

• Bureau of Land Management

• Global Institute of Sustainability (ASU)

• National Park Service

• National Science Foundation

• National Science and Technology Council

• Sky Island Alliance

• U.S. Forest Service

• Regional herbaria

• Local and regional data managers