From wise from uwosh.edu Thu Jun 5 09:07:44 2008 From: wise from uwosh.edu (Bob Wise) Date: Sat Jun 7 10:32:25 2008 Subject: [Plant-education] Campus tree inventory Message-ID: We are setting up a system to inventory all campus trees at UW Oshkosh and I am curious if other campuses have undertaken a similar project and how yours turned out. We estimate there are 1200-1500 trees to consider. We'll worry about smaller, "non-tree" permanent plantings (holly, dogwood, sumac) next year. Basically, our plan is to: 1. determine coordinates of every individual tree using a hand-held GPS device 2. collect material from each species (but probably not every individual), dry, mount, identify and archive in our herbarium 3. number each accession with a three series number such as x.y.z where x = genus, y = species and z = particular individual. The x (genus) number could also be organized such that 000-099 is reserved for pines, 100-199 = spruces, 200-299 = oaks, etc..... 4. generate a web-based, interactive CADD based map so that clicking on one Quercus rubra, for instance, would highlight all of the other red oaks on campus. Our intended audiences are the Chancellor (in support of a multifaceted Campus Sustainability plan that includes recycling, energy conservation, biodiversity, etc.), the Facilities and Grounds department (who would like to know what trees we have, which ones we can afford to lose and which new ones to plant), the Biology department (in support of our botany curriculum) and the Science Outreach Office (for the development of such tools as a campus tree guide and study guides for local community K-12 outreach sessions). Various inventories and incomplete maps have been generated for UWO since at least the 1940's, but now it is time to focus our resources and make a comprehensive study. We recently secured money to hire a summer intern and hope to get started locating trees in a week or two, hence our interest in designing an inventory system that will be easy to use and yet serve everyone's needs. I can't help but think that other campuses have done a similar inventory. Please send me your good ideas. Bob -- Robert R. Wise Dept. of Biology UW Oshkosh 800 Algoma Blvd Oshkosh, WI 54901 (920) 424-3404 (tel) (920) 424-1101 (fax) Have a look at The Structure and Function of Plastids at http://www.life.uiuc.edu/govindjee/newbook/Vol%2023.html From sshumway from wheatonma.edu Sat Jun 7 20:06:44 2008 From: sshumway from wheatonma.edu (Scott Shumway) Date: Sun Jun 8 06:29:44 2008 Subject: [Plant-education] Campus tree inventory In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <484B30A4.4080105@wheatonma.edu> Bob, Several years ago I set out to put display labels on all of the campus trees at Wheaton College, a small liberal arts college in MA. I quickly learned that there were way too many trees on campus for me to handle. I settled for 80-100. Your estimate sounds appropriate for our small campus! (multiply by 10?) First I tried to learn more about trees that already had various bronze plaques and labels associated with them. The college archivist had some records of trees that had been planted in honor of various graduating classes and alums. Plant operations had some records as well, including a survey done by a tree care company (arborist) in the 1970s. A few trees still have the numbered metal tags from this survey. An emeritus professor of philosophy who retired soon after I was born had a hand in planting approximately 300 trees on campus. After coming to terms with the fact that he knew more about trees than I did, I learned a fair amount about our campus trees from him. He conducted tours of the campus trees for alumni until he reached his early 90's when I took over as the campus "tree guy". I have since put labels on about 80 trees. This project was funded by our president who had always worked at schools with a campus arboretum. Ours does not have such a designation, but has a remarkable collection of trees. Students are attracted to these labels, particularly late on Saturday nights when their blood alchohol levels are slightly elevated and they feel the need to vandalize them. :-( Name Plate and Panel Technology makes very attractive annodized aluminum labels. After 5+ years the undisturbed labels show no signs of aging. They are mounted with screws and springs with the idea that you can unscrew a few turns as the tree grows around the screws. I wonder if the folks who came up with this idea have ever actually tried to turn a screw that has been partially swallowed by a mighty oak. Our groundskeepers have tried...and failed. (Any suggestions???) If I were to buy labels again, I would look into double thickness in order to make it more difficult for vandals to bend them in half. http://www.nptec.com/ When I was beginning to label the campus trees, I paid a visit to folks at the Arnold Arboretum (Harvard). They were completing a project similar to the one that you describe. They had mapped their collection using GPS. They were using commercial database software developed specifically for managing arboretum collections. I also looked at many different web sites. I believe Connecticut College and U Conn both have interactive maps that allow you to click on a location and view photos and information about particular trees. They were somewhat primitive at the time and may have been improved by now. One year I worked with a photography student who developed a virtual tour of the campus trees. We did not attempt an interactive map. http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/WheatonTrees/WTWhome.htm I look forward to learning more about your project and how other folks have used campus trees as an educational resource. Scott Bob Wise wrote: > We are setting up a system to inventory all campus trees at UW Oshkosh > and I am curious if other campuses have undertaken a similar project > and how yours turned out. We estimate there are 1200-1500 trees to > consider. We'll worry about smaller, "non-tree" permanent plantings > (holly, dogwood, sumac) next year. > > Basically, our plan is to: > > 1. determine coordinates of every individual tree using a hand-held > GPS device > > 2. collect material from each species (but probably not every > individual), dry, mount, identify and archive in our herbarium > > 3. number each accession with a three series number such as x.y.z > where x = genus, y = species and z = particular individual. The x > (genus) number could also be organized such that 000-099 is reserved > for pines, 100-199 = spruces, 200-299 = oaks, etc..... > > 4. generate a web-based, interactive CADD based map so that clicking > on one Quercus rubra, for instance, would highlight all of the other > red oaks on campus. > > Our intended audiences are the Chancellor (in support of a > multifaceted Campus Sustainability plan that includes recycling, > energy conservation, biodiversity, etc.), the Facilities and Grounds > department (who would like to know what trees we have, which ones we > can afford to lose and which new ones to plant), the Biology > department (in support of our botany curriculum) and the Science > Outreach Office (for the development of such tools as a campus tree > guide and study guides for local community K-12 outreach sessions). > Various inventories and incomplete maps have been generated for UWO > since at least the 1940's, but now it is time to focus our resources > and make a comprehensive study. > > We recently secured money to hire a summer intern and hope to get > started locating trees in a week or two, hence our interest in > designing an inventory system that will be easy to use and yet serve > everyone's needs. > > I can't help but think that other campuses have done a similar > inventory. Please send me your good ideas. > > Bob -- Scott Shumway Professor of Biology Wheaton College Norton, MA 02766 http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/Faculty/ScottWShumway.html sshumway@wheatonma.edu From nimis from units.it Sat Jun 7 12:08:33 2008 From: nimis from units.it (nimis@units.it) Date: Sun Jun 8 06:29:50 2008 Subject: [Plant-education] KeyToNature In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20080607190833.4vw2c44khktcg44w@webmail.units.it> The European Commission has financed - with ca. 5 ML Euros - one of the most important projects worldwide devoted to biodiversity and education: KeyToNature. Centered on the identification of organisms on-line, the project started a few months ago (September 3rd, 2007) and will run for three years. The 14 partners from 11 European countries include both biologists producing interactive tools for the identification of organisms, and experts in education and IPRs (Intellectual Property Rights). KeyToNature has just started, but it can already offer a wealth of interesting tools for identifying an animal, a plant, a fungus... Just have a look here: www.dryades.eu or here: www.keytonature.eu Pier Luigi Nimis (Coordinator of KeyToNature) ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. From mcginn.ryan from gmail.com Thu Jun 26 11:55:26 2008 From: mcginn.ryan from gmail.com (mcginn.ryan@gmail.com) Date: Thu Jun 26 18:39:27 2008 Subject: [Plant-education] Botanical Gardens Message-ID: <08ec27a8-8cc6-4b60-ae42-1e045d36c050@i36g2000prf.googlegroups.com> Does anyone know what the major Botanical Gardens in the world are? By major, I mean not only large (in terms of diversity of species) but also central in terms of networking power in its given area of the world. Thank you! Ryan McGinn University of Alberta From bcjnyc from gmail.com Fri Jun 27 07:03:14 2008 From: bcjnyc from gmail.com (bcjnyc@gmail.com) Date: Tue Jul 1 11:34:02 2008 Subject: [Plant-education] Re: Botanical Gardens References: Message-ID: <940553f5-b6dc-4f6f-92b3-4381d8fb1ec0@8g2000hse.googlegroups.com> Check out the website for Botanic Gardens Conservation International (www.bgci.org). BGCI is the world's largest network of botanic gardens, and the website includes a searchable database of more than 2000 botanic gardens around the world. In the meantime, key gardens you should look into include Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK); New York Botanical Garden; Chicago Botanic Garden; Brooklyn Botanic Garden; Singapore Botanic Gardens; Kirstenbosch National Botanic Garden (South Africa); Montreal Botanic Garden; Bogor Botanic Gardens (Indonesia). There are many more important gardens around the world, depending on whether you are looking through a conservation, education or historical lens. Best, Brian Johnson On Jun 26, 5:55?pm, mcginn.r...@gmail.com wrote: > Does anyone know what the major Botanical Gardens in the world are? > By major, I mean not only large (in terms of diversity of species) but > also central in terms of networking power in its given area of the > world. > > Thank you! > > Ryan McGinn > University of Alberta From sci_educ from yahoo.com Thu Jun 26 19:08:39 2008 From: sci_educ from yahoo.com (Jon Greenberg) Date: Tue Jul 1 11:35:00 2008 Subject: [Plant-education] Botanical Gardens In-Reply-To: <08ec27a8-8cc6-4b60-ae42-1e045d36c050@i36g2000prf.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: <859397.14804.qm@web63107.mail.re1.yahoo.com> BGCI.org is a good resource for this sort of question. 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