Status of North Carolina Herbaria

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1 Status of North Carolina Herbaria Alexander Krings North Carolina State University Herbarium (NCSC) Apr 2007

2 Outline Overview and summary of NC collections Highlight of programs

3 Evaluating activity level: Number of specimens by state -Funk & Morin (2000) numbers are based on survey results -17 NC herbaria in Index Herbariorum, but at about in NC

4 Evaluating activity level: Specimens per square mile -inaccuracy of spec/sq.mi. data because a significant portion of specimens in North Carolina are not from the State

5 Evaluating activity level: Taxonomists by state and square mile ASPT = American Society of Plant Taxonomists IAPT = International Association for Plant Taxonomy

6 Vascular and non-vascular specimens held in 15 Herbaria in North Carolina so far in SERNEC 1.6 million specimens or 94% of specimens held by NC herbaria Duke University (800,000 spec.; vasc. collections primarily NC/SE 70%) University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (665,000 spec.; primarily NC/SE) North Carolina State University (140,000 spec.; primarily NC/SE) Mecklenburg County Parks & Rec. (42,000 spec.; >95% NC/SE) Western Carolina University (27,000 spec.; primarily NC/SE) University of North Carolina Wilmington (25,000 spec.; primarily NC/SE) Appalachian State University (17,000 spec.; primarily NC/SE) Wake Forest University (13,000 spec.; primarily NC/SE) NC A&T Univ. (6,800 spec.); >95% NC/SE) Warren Wilson College (6,500 spec.; >90% NC/SE) Catawba College (6,000 spec.; primarily NC/SE) Salem College (5,000 spec.; primarily NC/SE) University of North Carolina Asheville (4,000 spec.; primarily NC/SE) University of North Carolina Pembroke (4,000 spec.; primarily NC/SE) High Point University (3,000 spec.; >95% NC/SE) Total: ~1.7 million spec. in NC herbaria (vasc. & non-vasc.) Vascular 1.3 million spec. (~ 1 million spec. from NC/SE) Non-vascular 380,000 spec. (primarily at DUKE & NCU)

7 Others (not yet contacted/unable to contact/unverifiable status): Atlantic Christian College ( very small ; 100% NC/SE) Belmont Abbey (500 spec.; 85% NC/SE) Campbell University (2,000 spec.; 100% NC/SE) Gardner-Webb College (3,200 spec.; 100% NC/SE) Guilford College (2,000 spec.: >95% NC/SE) Isothermal Community College (700 spec.; 100% NC/SE) Louisburg College (1,800 spec.; 100% NC/SE) Mars Hill College (2,300 spec.; 100% NC/SE) St. Andrews Presbyterian College (10,000 spec.); > 95% NC/SE) Univ. NC Greensboro (200 spec.; >95% NC/SE) Univ. NC Chapel Hill/Morehead City (5,000 spec./ marine fungi) Western Piedmont Community College (750 spec.; >95% NC/SE) Total: ~28,450 specimens (vasc. & non vasc.) Park herbaria & private collections not included

8 Collections usage in North Carolina (N=8) ca. 1.7 million specimens research, extension, teaching nearly exclusively teaching (N=19) ca. 63,000 specimens

9 Facilities, staffing, strengths of representative collections: Some examples Western Carolina University (27,000 specimens) University of NC-- Wilmington (25,000 specimens) Appalachian State University (17,000 specimens) Wake Forest University (13,000 specimens) 1 Faculty Systematist (vasc.) 3 Faculty Systematists (vasc./non-vasc.) 2 Faculty Systematist (vasc./non-vasc.) 1 Faculty Systematist (vasc.) 1-2 Loans/yr 3-5 Loans/yr 3-5 Loans/yr 1-2 Loans/yr Strength: western NC Strength: eastern NC Strength: western NC Strength: NC

10 Catawba College (6,000 specimens) Salem College (5,000 specimens) University of North Carolina--Asheville (4,000 specimens) University of North Carolina--Pembroke (4,000 specimens) 1 Faculty Systematist (vasc.) 1 Faculty Director. 1 Faculty Systematist (vasc.) 1 Faculty Systematist (vasc.) No loans No loans No loans No loans Strength: Rowan Co. Strength: NC; oldest herbarium in State Strength: western NC Strength: eastern NC

11 Aulbach-Smith et al. (1986) DUKE: large systematics program; numerous systematics faculty (vasc./non-vasc.) --vasc. herb. small growth in past few years (1-2K/yr) --small loan program (avg. 11/yr for last 2 yrs) NCU: NC Botanical Garden --Curator only; no faculty systematists at UNC-CH --large loan program (150/yr; 80% digital) --active growth (5K-10K/yr) NCSC: 2 faculty systematists + Curator --active floristics and systematics training --small growth in past few years (1-2K/yr) --small loan program (avg. 5-20/yr) --large extension component Funk & Morin (2000) Present Estimation

12 Duke University (800,000 specimens) --NSF support for databasing bryophytes, as well as compactors for new facility

13 North Carolina State University (140,000 specimens)

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15 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (665,000 specimens) ca. 83,000 specimens databased to date

16 By Xianhua Liu, Robert K. Peet, and Alan S. Weakley, with support from NSF grants DBI and ITR

17 Acknowledgments Thanks to the following folks for meeting with me or providing information on short notice regarding their collections: Mike Baranksi (Catawba College) Greg Chandler (UNC-Wilmington) David Clarke (UNC-Asheville) Jennifer Cruse-Sanders (Salem College) Lisa Kelly (UNC-Pembroke) Bruce Kirchoff (UNC-Greensboro) Kathy Kron (Wake Forest University) Kathy Mathews (Western Carolina University) Carol Ann McCormick (UNC-Chapel Hill) Derick Poindexter (BOON) Kathleen Pryer (Duke University) Gerald Smith (Highpoint University) Alan Weakley (UNC-Chapel Hill) Robert Wilbur (Duke University) Michael Windham (Duke University)