MVSC; The James C. Parks Herbarium at Millersville University

Christopher Hardy

doi:10.15468/qdatdf

MVSC; The James C. Parks Herbarium at Millersville University

Citation

Hardy C (2022). MVSC; The James C. Parks Herbarium at Millersville University. Millersville University James C. Parks Herbarium. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qdatdf accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

The James C. Parks Herbarium at Millersville University (MVSC) holds about 20000 specimens primarily from Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Here is presented, in digitized form, the full herbarium holdings as of 2020, entirely geo-referenced and photographed. The herbarium collection spans from the mid 1800s to the present day and primarily contains vascular plants. The collection includes many rare fern hybrids and forms collected by James C. Parks and Mary Emma Groff. The herbarium also holds the Mary Emma Groff and Mary E. Grebinger collection, notable for their contributions to Lancaster County Botany and the excellent quality of the specimens.

Purpose

Digitized herbarium data for any natural history purposes

Sampling Description

Study Extent

Herbarium data; from various sources and without any consistent collection protocol

Sampling

Herbarium data; from various sources and without any consistent collection protocol

Quality Control

Most specimens from the North East region of the United states were reviewed by Kevin Faccenda for taxonomic accuracy.

Method steps

Data were digitized from herbarium labels. Georeferencing was mainly manual by searching google maps and other gazetteers as well as via an automatic geolocation service for some specimens.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Specimens mainly from the Continental United States. The majority of the specimens come from within Pennsylvania, but we have representation from most states as well as some from Alaska and other countries such as Aruba and Germany.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Christopher Hardy
originator
position: Curator
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
PO Box 1002
Millersville
17551
PA
US
Telephone: 717-871-4317
email: Christopher.hardy@millersville.edu

Christopher Hardy
metadata author
position: Curator
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
PO Box 1002
Millersville
17551
PA
US
Telephone: 717-871-4317
email: Christopher.hardy@millersville.edu

Kevin Faccenda
custodian steward
email: faccenda@hawaii.edu

Christopher Hardy
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
PO Box 1002
Millersville
17551
PA
US
Telephone: 717-871-4317
email: Christopher.hardy@millersville.edu