College of Southern Nevada

Description

The College of Southern Nevada houses the Wesley E. Niles Herbarium. Founded in 1970 by Dr. Wesley E. Niles, the herbarium now holds over 70,000 specimens. Its primary focus is the vascular plant diversity in the Mojave Desert regions of Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and California. Important collections include those of T. Ackerman (Desert National Wildlife Refuge); J. C. Beatley (Nevada Test Site); V. Bostick (central and southern Nevada); D. Charlet (Nevada); I.W. Clokey (Spring Mountains); M.Kurzius, D. Schramm, P. Peterson, and C. Annabel (Death Valley, California, and Nevada); S. Meyer (southern Nevada); A. Tiehm, A. Pinzl, and H. Mozingo (central and northern Nevada); W. Niles, P. Leary, J. Holland, and J. Alexander (Nevada, California, and Arizona), and L. Stark (bryophytes of southwestern deserts).

Contacts

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Matthew Mahrt
Telephone: 17026517515
email: matthew.mahrt@csn.edu

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Marcus Hooker
position: Collection Manager
email: marcus.hooker@csn.edu

College of Southern Nevada
College of Southern Nevada, Henderson Campus, 700 College Drive
Henderson
89002
Nevada
US