Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens (HIBG)

Melanie Priesnitz1, Steve MacNeil2, Rodger Evans3

1 Acadia University, K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre, Acadia University, B4P 2R6, Wolfville, Canada; 2 B4P 2K4, Wolfville, Canada; 3 Acadia University, Biology Department, 33 Westwood Avenue, B4P 2R6, Wolfville, Canada

Corresponding author(s): Melanie Priesnitz (melanie.priesnitz@acadiau.ca)

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Resource Citation

Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens (HIBG) at Acadia University. http://dx.doi.org/10.5886/5shhh7wb (accessed on [date]). doi:10.5886/5shhh7wb

Abstract

The main collection of the Gardens is laid out in nine native habitats of the Acadian Forest Region. All of the plants found in these habitats are native species to the region. Other features of the Gardens include: Medicinal and Food Garden, Conservatory, Walled Garden and Experimental Garden.

Keywords: Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens, Acadia University, Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, United States, Maine, specimens, Canadensys, Occurrence

Project details

Project title: Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens
Personnel: Peter Romkey
Funding: Canadian Foundation for Innovation
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Database and Geolocate living specimens in the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens
Collect representative herbarium specimens for the E. C. Smith Herbarium

Data published through GBIF: http://data.canadensys.net/ipt/resource?r=hibg-specimens

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: The dataset includes all vascular plants (seeded and non-seeded) planted within the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens.
Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Plantae
Common names: Plants

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Primarily the Flora of the Acadian Forest Region.
Coordinates: 43°6'36''N and 48°7'48''N Latitude; 71°0'0''W and 59°31'12''W Longitude 

Natural collections description

Parent collection identifier: ACAD
Collection name: Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens
Collection identifier: HIBG
Formation period: 1999-present (Planted during the construction of the KC Irving Environmental Science Centre)
Specimen preservation method: No treatment

Methods

Method step description: n/a
Study extent description: Inventory of plants from the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens with a focus on plants of the Acadian Forest Region.
Sampling description: The data supplied by the HIBG contain mutliple specimens with the same accession number. As the data are loaded, if the accession number already existed, the UTM coordinates are appended to that record's UTM coordinates. Thus, more than one coordinate may exist for a specimen because multiple clones of the specimen were planted throughout the gardens.
Quality control description: n/a

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens (HIBG)
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://data.canadensys.net/ipt/archive.do?r=hibg-specimens
Publication date of data: 2016-02-15
Language: English
Licences of use: To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode">Public Domain (CC0 1.0)</a>. Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

External datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Canadensys explorer
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: HTML
Distribution: http://data.canadensys.net/explorer/en/resources/hibg-specimens

Dataset description
Object name: GBIF data portal
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: HTML
Distribution: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/1cb0f057-172b-4c10-99d8-cd38966dab31

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2012-07-13
Hierarchy level: Dataset