New Brunswick Museum - Vascular Plants

The herbarium of the New Brunswick Museum (NBM) is a systematic collection of specimens documenting the diversity, distribution, historical occurrence, and habitats of the plants and fungi of New Brunswick and northeastern North America. It is an invaluable resource for scientific research, reference, and education. The nucleus of the herbarium is a collection of several thousand specimens assembled by members of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick, beginning in the early 1860s. Especially noteworthy among this material are collections made by James Fowler (1829-1923), author of the first catalogue of the provincial flora, and by George Upham Hay (1843-1913), a versatile early contributor to knowledge of New Brunswick’s vascular plants, marine algae, and fungi.  In recent years, the geographic and taxonomic scope of the collections has expanded considerably. This growth has stemmed in part from fieldwork by New Brunswick Museum staff and associates, and in part from donations, exchanges, and purchases. The vascular plant collection remains one of the main sources of documentation for the vascular flora of New Brunswick.

新不伦瑞克博物馆（NBM）的植物标本馆是一个系统性的标本收藏，旨在记录新不伦瑞克省以及北美东北部地区植物和真菌的多样性、分布、历史出现情况及其生境。该馆库是科学研究和教育的重要资源。标本馆的核心部分是由新不伦瑞克自然历史学会的成员在19世纪60年代初期收集的数千个标本。其中，詹姆斯·福勒（1829-1923）的藏品尤为引人注目，他是该省植物名录的首位编撰者；乔治·阿普汉姆·海（1843-1913）的藏品亦值得关注，他是一位多才多艺的早期贡献者，对新不伦瑞克的维管植物、海藻和真菌知识的发展做出了重要贡献。近年来，标本馆的地理和分类范围得到了显著扩展。这一增长部分得益于新不伦瑞克博物馆的工作人员及合作者的实地考察，部分则归功于捐赠、交换和购买。维管植物收藏依然是新不伦瑞克省维管植物群记录的主要来源之一。