Modernization of The Morton Arboretum Herbarium (MOR)

莫顿植物园植物标本室 (MOR) 的现代化改造

• 批准号: 0138571
• 负责人: Christopher Dunn
• 金额: $ 19.19万
• 依托单位: Morton Arboretum
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-01 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0138571&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Modernization; Morton; Arboretum; Herbarium; MOR

The Morton Arboretum has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to modernize its Herbarium. The grant will provide for installation of a new compactor shelving system, thereby providing greater accessibility and use of the collections by scientists and public users. The 155,000+ specimens of vascular plants are currently housed in 116 cabinets that are filled to capacity. A backlog of another 7,500 plants is stored in boxes. Approximately 4,500 specimens are added to the Herbarium annually. The new system will guarantee long-term accessibility and improved care of the specimens and will increase the Herbarium's storage capacity by more than 50%. Increased pressure is being placed on the Herbarium to make specimens and herbarium data available owing to 1) greater use by botanists, conservation scientists, land stewards, and students and 2) continued and extensive vouchering of specimens resulting from Arboretum research in taxonomy, conservation, and arboriculture. To provide greater use of and access to these collections and to responsibly curate them, a modernized herbarium is critical.Major plant collections housed in the Herbarium include: plants of the Chicago region's globally significant ecosystems, rare plants of the Midwest, plants of the greater Yellowstone area, several important historical collections, and a fine collection of lichens and basidiomycetes. The Morton Arboretum's Herbarium is the third largest of any arboretum in North America. This significance has resulted in a major National Leadership Grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to the Arboretum to develop a digital herbarium (www.vPlants.org) that includes Chicago regional flora housed at The Morton Arboretum, the Field Museum of Natural History, and the Chicago Botanic Garden. The award from NSF will complement that from IMLS, resulting in a premier botanical resource in the mid-continent US.

莫顿植物园已收到国家科学基金会的拨款，以使其植物标本馆现代化。 这笔赠款将用于安装一个新的压缩架系统，从而使科学家和公众用户更容易获得和使用这些收藏品。 目前，155，000多个维管植物标本被放置在116个橱柜中，这些橱柜已经装满了。另外还有7,500株植物积压在箱子里。 每年约有4，500个标本被添加到植物标本馆。 新系统将保证标本的长期可访问性和更好的护理，并将使植物标本室的存储容量增加50%以上。 由于1）植物学家、保护科学家、土地管理员和学生更多地使用标本和标本馆数据，以及2）植物园在分类学、保护和树木栽培方面的研究所产生的标本的持续和广泛的担保，标本馆面临着越来越大的压力。 为了更好地利用和访问这些收藏品，并负责任地管理它们，现代化的植物标本馆至关重要。植物标本馆中的主要植物收藏品包括：芝加哥地区全球重要生态系统的植物，中西部的稀有植物，大黄石地区的植物，几个重要的历史收藏品，以及地衣和担子菌的精美收藏品。 莫顿植物园的植物标本馆是北美第三大植物园。 这一重要性导致了联邦博物馆和图书馆服务研究所（IMLS）向植物园提供了一笔重要的国家领导人赠款，以开发一个数字植物标本馆（www.vPlants.org），其中包括莫顿植物园、菲尔德自然历史博物馆和芝加哥植物园的芝加哥地区植物群。 来自NSF的奖项将补充IMLS的奖项，从而在美国中部大陆获得首屈一指的植物资源。