10.5886/giqh2f 10cf770a-282a-41dd-9e19-83b7c894b956 https://data.canadensys.net/ipt/resource?r=dao-specimens Biological Collections Division Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Biological Collections Division

CA

aafc.biologicalcollections-collectionsbiologiques.aac@agr.gc.ca Biological Collections Division Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Biological Collections Division

CA

aafc.biologicalcollections-collectionsbiologiques.aac@agr.gc.ca Heather Cole Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Biodiversity Data Manager

Ottawa Ontario CA

heather.cole@agr.gc.ca custodianSteward 2022-07-12 eng Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) maintains a National Collection of Vascular Plants, internationally known by the acronym DAO (for Department of Agriculture, Ottawa). Located on AAFC's Central Experimental Farm, it is the largest collection of its kind in Canada. Properly called a herbarium, it includes 1.5 million irreplaceable specimens protected in a climate-controlled environment. When adequately protected from moisture and pests, dried specimens can last for hundreds of years in the herbarium. This is a tremendous resource that allows identification of plants from anywhere in Canada and supports research on plant classification worldwide. DAO is working to digitize its holdings and make them accessible online. Datasets will be added and updated as this work progresses. Refer to our website for more information https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/agricultural-science-and-innovation/agriculture-and-agri-food-research-centres-and-collections/national-collection-vascular-plants-dao Occurrence GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type.xml Specimen GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License. https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/agricultural-science-and-innovation/agriculture-and-agri-food-research-centres-and-collections/national-collection-vascular-plants-dao/about-agriculture-and-agri-food-canada-national-collection-vascular-plants Global terrestrial coverage. Most of the specimens in the collection are from Canada (about 62%), but the north temperate region of the world is generally well represented (United States of America 20%, Europe 10%). -180 180 90 -90 unkown Heather Cole Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Biodiversity Data Manager

Ottawa Ontario CA

heather.cole@agr.gc.ca Shannon Asencio Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Collection Manager

Ottawa Ontario CA

shannon.asencio@AGR.GC.CA 2022-03-18T07:53:02.970+00:00 dataset (2022): National Collection of Vascular Plants (DAO). v1.1. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Dataset/Occurrence. https://doi.org/10.5886/giqh2f DAO National Collection of Vascular Plants The collection contains specimens collected from the 1800s until present day. mounted 10cf770a-282a-41dd-9e19-83b7c894b956/v1.1.xml