Funding
Funding for portal web site development was provided by a supplement to the WTU Herbarium's NSF grant #0346624. View a summary of WTU's supplement to NSF.
Data Providers
At the heart of the PNW Herbaria Portal lies the individual collections managed and housed at institutions throughout the region. Many thanks to those institutions that have chosen to share their data through the Portal web site. These data providers retain full rights to the data they share.
Darwin Core Schema
Portal to provider data sharing is accomplished through use of the Darwin Core 2 data schema. See the Portal Documentation for further information.
Photograph Credits
Website header photos © Ben Legler: Veratrum viride leaves; Douglasia nivalis; Alnus rubra; Rhytidiadelphus moss; Denali National Park, Alaska; Evernia and Xanthoria lichens; Frenchman's Coulee, Washington; coral fungus; Fremont-Winema National Forest, Oregon; Eriophyllum lanatum; Yukon River, Yukon Territory; Saxifraga caespitosa; glacier in North Cascades, Washington.
Web Site Development
The PNW Herbaria Portal web site is managed and developed by the University of Washington Herbarium, a part of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington. The WTU Herbarium and Burke Museum provide web server space and network access for the portal web site. Ben Legler developed the initial portal web site and data sharing infrastructure; he can be contacted for inquiries about the web site itself.
