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INF - Inyo National Forest Herbarium, Bishop (INF)

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The INF herbarium houses approximately 4400 vascular plant specimens, primarily from eastern California over the last century, plus over 100 bryophyte specimens. The location is shared with an additional herbarium collection belonging to the Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office. The collection also includes Mary DeDecker’s original field notes and personal botanical library.

Herbarium & Data Contact: Blake Engelhardt, blake.engelhardt@usda.gov, 760-873-2495
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 8806ae3c-51d4-437d-8a6f-7a814f1cb9ed
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
Collection Statistics
  • 5,204 specimen records
  • 124 (2%) georeferenced
  • 4,411 (85%) with images (4,411 total images)
  • 1,536 (30%) identified to species
  • 50 families
  • 231 genera
  • 490 species
  • 641 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics