Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

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  • Name

    Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

  • Herbarium Code

    SBBG

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Matt Guilliams, Curator of the vascular plant collection, mguilliams@sbbg.org
    Rikke Reese Naesborg, Tucker Lichenologist, rnaesborg@sbbg.org

  • Contact

    [1] 805 682 4726 ext. 124
    [1] 805 682 4726 ext. 657
    Fax: [1] 805 563 0352
    Email: mguilliams@sbbotanicgarden.org, rnaesborg@sbbotanicgarden.org

  • Address

    Clifton Smith Herbarium and The Lichen Herbarium
    Department of Conservation and Research
    Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
    1200 Mission Canyon Road
    Santa Barbara, California 93105
    U.S.A.
    http://www.sbbg.org

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Native, non-native naturalized, and cultivated vascular plants; native lichens; bryophytes; macrofungi

    Geography: California and adjacent U.S. and Mexico; offshore islands of California and Baja California

  • Exchange

    Exchange Available: Native plants of California, especially central coast region and islands

    Exchange Wanted: Native plants of California and California Islands, including Baja California

  • Notes

    SBBG is a participating member of the Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH1 and CCH2). Specimen data (label data and high resolution images) are live managed and made publicly available on the Consortium of California Herbaria 2 website (cch2.org).

  • Feedback

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  • Number of Specimens

    210000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae
    Bryophytes 600 600
    Fungi/Lichens 50000 50000
    Pteridophytes
    Seed Plants 160000 155000
  • Date Founded

    1939

  • Updated

    06/02/2023

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBM) except algae (ca. 24,000 specimens) in 1985;
    University of California Riverside (UCR) lichenarium (ca. 16,000 specimens) in 2022.

  • Important Collectors

    E. R. Blakley, E. R. Chandler, H. Dearing, M. Dearing, M. B. Dunkle, A. D. E. Elmer, F. Franceschi, C. B. Hardham, R. E. Hoffmann, S. A. Junak, D. W. Myrick, H. M. Pollard, P. H. Raven, R. W. Summers, E. C. Twisselmann, L. G. Yates, S. C. Tucker, C. C. Bratt