The Beecher Crampton Herbarium; Saving a Botanical Legacy

9709919 Dean Beecher Crampton标本馆收藏（AHUC）包含了B. Crampton从1945年到现在从加利福尼亚中央山谷（特别是春天的池塘）收集的历史标本。这些标本记录了曾经构成中央山谷的生境多样性，是研究人员规划该地区生境保护项目的重要参考资料。1984年克兰普顿教授退休后，这些藏品没有一个策展人，因此在1988年被转移到加州大学戴维斯分校的J.M.塔克植物标本馆（DAV）。这两个集合现在被称为加州大学戴维斯分校植物标本室。然而，这两个收藏品从未被嵌入，许多被安装的标本遭受了严重的昆虫破坏。克兰普顿植物标本室由38,428个已安装的标本和大约15,000-17,000个未安装的标本组成。许多已安装的标本需要修复或重新安装，未安装的标本需要标签和安装。现在，学校对植物标本室有了强有力的支持，国家科学基金会的资金将用于购买新的箱子来存放适当策划的藏品，并提供两个藏品的交叉。学生们将参与这个项目，这将使科学界能够获得一套有价值的标本。

9709919 Dean The Beecher Crampton Herbarium Collection (AHUC) contains historical specimens collected by B. Crampton from Califomia's Central Valley (especially vernal pools) between 1945 and the present. These specimens are a record of the diversity of habitats that once made up the Central Valley and are an essential reference source for researchers planning habitat preservation projects in the region. Upon the retirement of Professor Crampton in 1984, the collection was left without a curator, resulting in its move in 1988 to the J.M. Tucker Herbarium (DAV) on the UC Davis campus. The two united collections are now called the UC Davis Herbarium. However, the two collections were never intercalated, and many of the mounted specimens have suffered severe insect damage. The Crampton Herbarium consists of 38,428 mounted specimens plus ca. 15,000-17,000 unmounted specimens. Many of the mounted specimens require repair or remounting, and the unmounted specimens require labels and mounting. There is now strong campus support for the herbarium, This NSF funding will purchase new cases in which to store the properly curated collection and provide for the intercolation of the two collections. Students will be involved in the project, which will make a valuable set of specimens accessible to the scientific community.