New York Metropolitan Plant Occurrence Database

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden maintains a database of occurrence plant records for the New York Metropolitan Area. This database includes specimen and observational data. Specimen data have been recorded from the following herbaria: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Cornell University, Harvard University, New York Botanical Garden, New York State Museum, Planting Fields Arboretum, Rutgers University, Smithsonian Institution, Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, and Yale University. Observational data are taken from the literature and from unpublished observations of Brooklyn Botanic Garden staff. The purpose of the dataset is to analyze floristic trends for the area and assist in the preparation of a flora for the area.