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KNFY - Klamath National Forest Herbarium (KNFY)
The Klamath National Forest encompasses nearly 1.7 million acres of land straddling the California and Oregon border in the Klamath-Siskiyou Mountain Ranges. In the mountains to the west, the terrain is steep and rugged, while the east-side has gentler, rolling terrain of volcanic origin, sprinkled with buttes and valleys. Elevations range from 450 to 9,001 feet above sea level at Thompson Peak, on the Siskiyou-Trinity County divide. The Klamath National Forest is one of America’s most biologically diverse regions, due to the blending of four floristic provinces and boasts a center of coniferous diversity (19 species) in the Russian Wilderness. The Klamath National Forest Herbarium aims to preserve and record the many rare and endemic species unique to the region.
Contacts:
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Herbarium Contact: Erin Lonergan, erinrlonergan@fs.fed.us
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Data Contact (Interim): Jason Alexander, jason_alexander@berkeley.edu
Collection Statistics
- 5,044 specimen records
- 783 (16%) georeferenced
- 4,050 (80%) with images (4,080 total images)
- 2,156 (43%) identified to species
- 243 families
- 303 genera
- 718 species
- 891 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)