herbarium.ucdavis.eduUC Davis: Center for Plant Diversity

Skip directly to: Main page content Search UC Davis The Center for Plant Diversity Home Services Plant Lists and Floras Collections Taxonomic Resources/Virtual Herbaria Contact Us Davis Botanical Society Newsletter Calendar Get Involved Calendar Upcoming Events: 2 Sundays 2 -5 pm: Nov. 17, and Dec. 8, 2019. Volunteer Sunday afternoons at the Center for Plant Diversity herbarium 1026 Sciences Lab Bldg. Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, 10 am - 1:30 pm. Conservatory Fall Pre-Sale. Saturdays: Oct. 12, Nov. 2, 2019, 9 am - 1 pm Botanical Conservatory plants for sale at Arboretum fall Plant Sales Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, 5:15 - 6 pm pizza at 5 pm. Davis Botanical Society Presents: UC Davis Student Recipients of Davis Botanical Society Grants: Emily Brodie, Maureen Page, and Marshall McMunn. 1022 Life Science Addition on the UC Davis Campus (corner of Kleiber Hall and Hutchison Drives) Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, 4 - 6 pm. Davis Botanical Society Presents: Botanical Tea in the Herbarium with an exhibit of Rare Plants of California. 1026 Sciences Lab Bldg Thursday Feb. 28, 2020, 5 pm. Student Grant Applications Due. Please contact Thomas Rost (tlrost@ucdavis.edu), President-Elect of the UC Davis Botanical Society. Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. Museum Day: free exhibitions at 10+ campus science collections, including the herbarium and conservatory! Biodiversity Museum Day Saturdays, March, April, and May 2020, dates to be announced. Members Only and other Arboretum/Botanical Conservatory Spring Plant Sales. See map and dates here. Date in April 2020 to be announced 8am - 5pm. Davis Botanical Society Presents: Field Trip to Placer County to observe and learn about bees with Elina Niño. (Pre-registration required) Saturday, April 18, 2020, 11 am - 3 pm. Picnic Day: Botanical Conservatory and Center for Plant Diversity Open Houses. Picnic Day Website Saturday, May 16, 2020, 8 am - 6 pm. Davis Botanical Society Presents: Field Trip to Pine Hill with Steve Shoenig & Melanie Gogal-Prokurat . (Pre-registration required) Thursday, May 7, 2020, 6:45 - 8 pm. Spring Meeting and Program: Andrew Latimer speaking on "California's Changing Forests". Blanchard Room. Davis Public Library. Free parking available. UC Davis home > The Center for Plant Diversity > Collections Welcome to the UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity! 1026 Sciences Laboratory Building (J.M. Tucker and Beecher Crampton Herbaria) Herbarium Highlights Take the Every Plant Has a Story : Ellen Dean and the Center for Plant Diversity Take the Herbarium tour with Joe Ditomaso and learn how to identify common weeds using methods employed in professional settings like the U.C. Davis herbarium and also the latest and easiest techniques that employ the use of sophisticated computer programs available to the public. Check out Hidden Treasures , a recent article about the Herbarium. Why would anyone keep a collection of dead plants? ( find out here ) Read an article about the old Herbarium as it was featured in UC Davis Magazine here . View The Plant Detective , a presentation on collecting plants in the field. Read about the Crampton Herbarium's 100th Anniversary here . Current News Every Plant Has a Story : Ellen Dean and the Center for Plant Diversity Plant lists and floras have been updated: Click here to view The UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity is among 22 California herbaria receiving funding from the National Science Foundation in support of: "Capturing California’s Flowers; Using Digital Images to Investigate Phenological Change in a Biodiversity Hotspot" - Make a Gift to the Herbarium Click here for the poster of the Cones of California Pines : From the Cone Collection at the UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity (still available for sale while supplies last) New Resources INDEX CALIFORNICAE | Last updated : September 2019 Copyright © The Regents of the University of California, Davis campus, 2011-2019. All Rights Reserved...