Herbarium Improvement and Development of a Consolidated Vascular Plant Database for Western South Dakota and Eastern Wyoming

在Mark L.Gabel博士的指导下，黑山州立大学获得了一笔赠款，用于将植物标本馆的存储容量增加一倍，并建立一个几乎可在网上搜索的数据库，其中包括南达科他州西部和怀俄明州东部的几乎所有维管植物。该地区，特别是黑山和熊洛奇山脉，具有很高的生物多样性，但由于植物标本位于众多草本植物中，而且无法在可访问的数据库中找到，因此对该地区的植物区系知之甚少。来自16个草本植物的植物标本将被纳入数据库。将记录每个标本的所有标签数据，必要时将更正或更新物种名称，并将完成地理参考，以便制作物种分布图。在为期三年的项目中，数据库的建设将在三所大学的研究生和两所大学的本科生的帮助下完成。网络访问将为黑山州立大学和其他机构的课程和本科生研究提供一个数据库。为中学教育教师举办的讲习班将促进为高中生开展基于网络的研究。该数据库和土地管理人员讲习班将使该区域的公共和私人土地得到更多的知情管理。

A grant has been awarded to Black Hills State University under the direction of Dr. Mark L. Gabel to double herbarium storage capacity and to construct a web-searchable database of nearly all vascular plants from western South Dakota and eastern Wyoming. The area, especially the Black Hills and Bear Lodge Mountains, have a high biological diversity, but because plant specimens are located in numerous herbaria and are not available in an accessible database, relatively little is known about the flora of the region. Plant specimens from 16 herbaria will be included in the database. All label data from each specimen will be recorded, species names will be corrected or updated as necessary, and georeferencing will be completed to allow production of species distribution maps. During the three-year project, construction of the database will be done with help from graduate students at three universities and undergraduate students from two universities. The web access will provide a database for classes and for undergraduate research at Black Hills State University and other institutions. A workshop for secondary education teachers will facilitate development of web-based research for high school students. The database and a workshop for land managers will allow more informed management of public and private lands in the region.