Pteridophyte Collections Consortium
Digitizing ferns, lycophytes, and their extinct free-sporing relatives from 36 herbaria and museums nationwide
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The Data

Go to our portal to search over 1,500,000 pteridophyte specimens!

Digitization Protocols

Publications

Conference Presentations

PCC TCN overview presentation at the ADBC Summit, October 2, 2018

Video of the above presentation by PI Carl Rothfels

Presentation at Botany 2019 by PI Carl Rothfels

The Pteridophyte Collections Consortium: 420 million years in 1.7 million specimens. Presentation at the 2019 ADBC Summit by Cindy Looy

The Pteridological Collections Consortium: An integrative approach to pteridophyte diversity over the last 420 million years. Presentation at the 2019 North American Paleontological Convention by Cindy Looy

Education and Outreach 

The Hand Lens articles written by Mirielle Lopez-Guzman, New York Botanical Garden

IDigBio Biodiversity Spotlight by Selena Smith, Robyn Burnham, and Garth Holman from University of Michigan

PterrificPteridophytes by Carol Ann McCormack, Curator, UNC Herbarium

What’s in a Name? Hopefully more than just initials… by Carol Ann McCormack, Curator, UNC Herbarium

Ferns & Lycophytes of the BRIT Herbarium by Tiana Franklin Rehman, BRIT Herbarium Collections Manager

Grant Projects Progress Ongoing: Invasive Plants and Fern Digitization, by Donna Ford-Wentz, WVA Herbarium Newsletter 25(2021)

Social Media

Project Website: https://pteridophytes.berkeley.edu/

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  • Recent Posts

    • Fiddleheads: Fern life cycles and identification workshop videos available
    • Digitization of a Pteridophyte Herbarium at BRIT
    • Over 1.5 million Pteridophyte specimen records now available in the Pteridoportal!
    • Ferns & Lycophytes of the BRIT Herbarium
    • Paleontologic Data Fossilized on IBM 8” Floppies
  • This project was made possible by funding through the National Science Foundation grant nos. 1802504, 1802352, 1802134, 1802033, 1802270, 1802255, 1802239, 1802446, 1802305. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.