UC Davis: Center for Plant Diversity

Time 2020-12-17 18:03:13

Web Name: UC Davis: Center for Plant Diversity

WebSite: http://herbarium.ucdavis.edu

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Sept. – Nov., 2020. Arboretum/Botanical Conservatory Fall Plant Sale moves online! Watch Arboretum web page for details: See map and dates here. Fall Program: Student Recipients of Davis Botanical Society Grants: Max Odland and Shawn Christensen. Will be hosted online via Zoom (URL will be distributed through DBS listserve and mailed flier). Thurs., Dec. 17, 2020, 6:45 - 8 pm. Davis Botanical Society Presents Holiday Program: Needles, cones and arils: our favorite California conifer groves! Will be hosted online via Zoom (URL will be distributed through DBS listserve and mailed flier). Resuming in Spring 2021, dates to be announced.Monthly Plant Identification session with Ceanothus (CA Field Botanists Association).Watch for details:Ceanothus website Resuming in Spring 2021, dates to be announced.Volunteer Sunday afternoons at the Center for Plant Diversity herbarium Welcome to the UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity! 1026 Sciences Laboratory Building (J.M. Tucker and Beecher Crampton Herbaria) Thank you to everyone who supported our crowdfunding effort! We raised $1780! This will support a student curation project organizing and imaging our African specimens and will occur in concert with similar efforts at 21 other North American herbaria. The crowdfund results and more details about the project can be found here: https://crowdfund.ucdavis.edu/g/pastprojects Take the Herbarium tour with Joe Ditomaso and learn how to identify common weeds using methods employed in professional settings like the U.C. Davis herbarium and also the latest and easiest techniques that employ the use of sophisticated computer programs available to the public. Check out Hidden Treasures, a recent article about the Herbarium. Why would anyone keep a collection of dead plants? (find out here) Read an article about the old Herbarium as it was featured in UC Davis Magazine here. View The Plant Detective, a presentation on collecting plants in the field. Current News While the university is in Reduced Operations, our services are by prior appointment only. We remain available to assist you by phone (530-752-1091) or email (Alison Colwell, Curator, aelcolwell@ucdavis.edu; Teri Barry, Collection Manager, tcbarry@ucdavis.edu). Please contact us to make arrangements for our plant identification services, to send shipments, or to work with the collections. Click here for the poster of the Cones of California Pines: From the Cone Collection at the UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity (still available for sale while supplies last)

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