Resources of Australian Herbaria

Compiled by K.J.Cowley & J.G.West on behalf of the Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH)

HERBARIUM CODE:

CFSHB

CITES number:

-

HERBARIUM NAME:

North Coast Regional Botanic Garden Herbarium

DEPARTMENT / ORGANISATION:

Coffs Harbour City Council

CONTACT DETAILS
Street Address:

Hardacre St

Postal Address:

P.O. Box 648

City:

Coffs Harbour

State:

NSW

Postcode:

2450

Telephone:

(02) 6648 4898

Facsimile:

-

Email:

coffsbotanic@gmail.com
alex@hot.net.au

Location:

North Coast Regional Botanic Garden

AUTHORITY/STATUS:

Council Resolution

ACCESS:

by appointment phone (02) 6652 3820

ASSOCIATED LIVING COLLECTION:

Regional Botanic Garden

FOUNDATION:

-

FUNCTIONS:

training courses in plant identification, ID of specimens

GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE:

primarily NSW North Coastal Tablelands, exotics

TAXONOMIC SCOPE:

vascular, cryptogams, phanerogams

NUMBER OF SPECIMENS:

Total

Types

Angiosperms

26,941

8

Dicots

22,068

-

Monocots

4,873

Orchidaceae 1436

Gymnosperms

283

-

Pteridophytes

1244

-

Mosses

26

-

Liverworts

26

-

Lichens

252

-

Fungi

-

-

Algae

4

-

Fossils

-

-

Wood Samples

-

-

Accessioned

-

-

Unaccessioned

-

-

Status:

up to date

Database Name:

Herbarim

Database Description:

Microsoft ACCESS 2003

Number of Specimen Records:

28,776

Access:

yes by disks

Email and Internet:

coffsbotanic@gmail.com
alex@hot.net.au

Significant Historical Collections:

oldest are 1920

Significant Special Collections:

L. Archer orchid collection

Ancillary Collections:

reference collection for public use (2498 sheets)

Photographic Collections:

Fungi 220

Botanical Library:

yes, basic only

Director:

Curator:

(Hon.) A.G.Floyd

Manager:

-

Chief Botanist:

-

Taxonomists:

3 (part-time volunteers)

Ecologists/Evolutionary Biologists:

-

Technical Officers:

-

Volunteers:

2

Associates:

4

Taxonomic:

-

Non-Taxonomic:

-

Relating to the Collection:

general pamphlet

Relating to the Herbarium:

-

Notes:

-