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Forest Research Herbarium - National Forestry Herbarium
Chris Ecroyd
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Started 1945 at Whakarewarewa, Rotorua.
Mainly a forestry herbarium.
Approx. 24,000 specimens.
Eucalypts and conifers ca 24%.
Whole collection on a computer database.
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Provides information on the identity, taxonomy and ecology of plants, including weeds, significant to forestry.
Has a regional role specialising in the indigenous and adventive flora of the Bay of Plenty and central North Island.
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Who depends on the Herbarium? Forestry consultants, sawmillers,
landowners (identification to allow appropriate timber use).
Land managers: DoC, local authorities.
Research groups: alternative species, biodiversity, forest health and biosecurity (hosts of pests and diseases).
Students (research, scope visits), public.
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Current resourcing problems
Funding static since 1998 and currently operating at a loss to Forest Research.
No active collecting programme.
Increasing backlog of unprocessed specimens, now ca. 1500 specimens.
Database software now outdated but unable to fund up-date.
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Up-date database software.
Herbarium information on web.
Extend collections of tree and shrub species present in NZ.
Develop a database of trees in New Zealand.
Long-term goals