Missouri Botanical Garden

The Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG) will purchase 30 additional herbarium cabinets to ensure full access to the entire bryophyte collection and provide space to accommodate new data from other specimens. The project will provide space for an additional 72,000 specimens and assure continued access to data from all historical specimens and data gathered by current and future research efforts. Expanding storage capacity for the bryology collection will provide access to the entire collection for staff, collaborators, visitors, and students and will enhance MBG support for other institutions through exchange of specimens, determination of gifted specimens, loans of material, and Internet access to narratives, maps, and images for analysis. Full success of the project will be measured by the timely distribution of the collection throughout all available cabinets and restored access to the entire collection.