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Nevada Operations Office, Department of Energy (NTS)

This small herbarium consists primarily of specimens from south-central Nevada collected on federally controlled lands focusing on the Nevada National Security Site. There are just under 8,000 specimens collected primarily from 1960-1990. Dr. Janice Beatley was the originator of the collection and several Botanists have contributed records over the past 50 years. The U.S. Department of Energy provides support for maintaining the collection to assist with environmental work at the Nevada National Security Site.
Contacts: Dr. W. Kent Ostler, ostlerwk@nv.doe.gov
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 2 December 2014
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Rights Holder: U.S. Department of Energy
Address:
Nevada National Security Sites Herbarium
MSTS for US DOE
P.O. Box 677 M/S NNSS273
Mercury, Nevada   89023-0677
U.S.A.
(702) 295-0393
Herbarium is located in Mercury building 23-652
Collection Statistics
  • 6,397 specimen records
  • 12 (0.19%) georeferenced
  • 1 (0.02%) with images (1 total images)
  • 6,371 (100%) identified to species
  • 89 families
  • 389 genera
  • 837 species
  • 1,107 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics