SERNEC All Taxa Effort - PROPOSAL SUBMITTEDWe have submitted a proposal to the ADBC (Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections) NSF solicitation on 8 December 2010, seeking funds to digitize relevant southeastern specimens. In preparation of this proposal we sought input from the community to facilitate the development of a comprehensive list of all natural history collections in the southeast. Compiled results can be accessed by clicking the link below. This is a dynamic process and much further input from the scientific community is still greatly needed. If you have any updates for collections of southeastern taxa (either in or outside of the region), please contact Derick Poindexter (poindexterdb@appstate.edu).
BIOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS LIST (3-22-2011)
SEARCH Southeast Species and Specimens
Introduction to SERNEC
What is a Herbarium?
A herbarium is traditionally known as a collection of plant specimens used for teaching and research. Herbaria are important for preserving species data, for historical distribution information, and for comparative reference information. There are nearly 222 herbaria in the Southeast United States, and each one has its own particular scope and focus. Together, these herbaria house an almost complete representation of regional plant information.
What is SERNEC?
SERNEC is an organization devoted to making the resources of these nearly 222 regional Herbaria of the Southeast available online, in concurrence with developing global standards, so that all available data can then be studied regionally or globally as one virtual, researchable collection. SERNEC will improve access to specimen data of a richly biodiverse ecological environment, and provide a platform for herbarium curators and plant scientists to exchange ideas, share expertise, and benefit from the value of information shared across institutions.
Where are the SERNEC herbaria?
Click on the map below to find SERNEC member herbaria.
Current Number of Participating Herbaria = 125
Ca. 56% of the known Herbaria in the Southeast!
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SERNEC is funded by a RCN Grant from the
National Science Foundation
