Databasing of the Ohio Flora at The Ohio State University

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)提供资金的。自1891年成立以来，俄亥俄州立大学植物标本馆已成长为俄亥俄州首屈一指的植物收藏馆，记录了上个世纪该州植物多样性和分布的变化。该项目专注于对俄亥俄州大部分植物标本进行数据库和成像，这些信息将通过他们的网站http://herbarium.biosci.ohio-state.edu/.公开提供此外，还将有一个测绘设施，以便快速确定每个物种的分布。该项目将产生除其科学贡献之外的相当大的影响。俄亥俄州大量感兴趣的非专业植物学家将能够使用数据库和相关图像来帮助识别和了解我们植物区系中的物种分布。其他专业人士，如土地管理员，将能够评估在他们的土地上发现的俄亥俄州物种的稀有程度，为更好的管理提供工具。由于目标物种，该项目将促进完成《俄亥俄州的植物》系列，该系列的最后一卷正在进行中。作为一项教育福利，该项目将为多达20名本科生和3名研究生提供博物馆收藏和方法方面的经验。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). Since its founding in 1891, the Ohio State University Herbarium has grown to become the premier collection of plants from Ohio, documenting the change in plant diversity and distribution in the state through the last century. This project focuses on databasing and imaging a large proportion of the herbarium's Ohio plant specimens, information that will be made publicly available through their website at http://herbarium.biosci.ohio-state.edu/. In addition, there will be a mapping facility to allow rapid determination of the distribution for each species.The project will have considerable impact beyond its scientific contribution. The large community of interested non-professional botanists in Ohio will be able to use the database and associated images to aid in identification and to learn about the distribution of species in our flora. Other professionals, such as land managers, will be able to assess the rarity of species in Ohio that are found on their lands, providing a tool for better stewardship. Because of the species that are targeted, this project will facilitate completion of the Flora of Ohio series, the last volume of which is underway. As an educational benefit, the project will provide experience with museum collections and methods for up to 20 undergraduates and three graduate students.