The BG-Map Census

As of December 22, 2008

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 Sorted by Institution

Institution

Mapped Living Plants

Mapped Dead Plants

Total Mapped

Mapping Technology

Living Plants
(See Note)

Note on Living Plants

Living Accessions

Last Updated

Previous Numbers

Updated By

Boyce Thompson Arboretum

9,444

1,558

11,002

GPS

10,970

excluding nurseries, seedbank, etc.

6,488

6/23/05

10/22/03 - 7,826 mapped living|1,038 mapped dead|10,518 plants|6,568 accessions

Kim Stone kstone@Ag.arizona.edu

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

2,750

52

2,802

GPS

11,987

excluding nursery, greenhouses and orchid collection

16,967

10/29/08

6/18/07 - 1,780 mapped living|18 mapped dead|18,534 plants|16,215 accessions

Karen Kongsmai karenneiswender@bbg.org

Chanticleer Garden

1,022

28

1,050

Manual

9,892

 

6,973

1/14/08

1/16/07 – 546 mapped living|17 dead|8,057 plants|6,166 accessions

Robert Herald rwh@chanticleergarden.org

Cornell Plantations

8,506

2,155

10,661

Total Station

10,761

excluding nursery, greenhouse & 3 gardens

6,334

1/12/07

3/15/05 – 7,821 mapped living|1,366 dead|8,057 plants|6,270 accessions

Sarah McNaull sm256@cornell.edu

Denver Botanic Gardens

16,495

3,225

19,720

GPS

22,873

excluding Chatfield, Orchid Pavilion, Greenhouses, Nursery

23,794

12/22/08

4/26/06 – 11,985 mapped living|893 mapped dead|24,516 plants|24,645 accessions

Cindy Tejral TejralC@botanicgardens.org

Descanso Gardens

6,981

1,219

8,200

GPS

10,086

excluding nursery

4,699

6/28/06

6/16/05 - 6,183 mapped living|921 mapped dead|10,245 plants|4,676 accessions

Alice Kitajima alicek@DESCANSOGARDENS.ORG

Desert Botanical Garden

7,663

0

7,663

Manual

20,666

 

10,515

1/04/01

 

Tracy Omar tracyomar@uswest.net

Holden Arboretum

8,380

5,467

13,847

Total Station

17,127

excluding nursery

10,635

1/17/08

2/17/06 – 8,706 mapped living|4,750 mapped dead|18,480 plants|11,138 accessions

Ethan Johnson ejohnson@holdenarb.org

Longwood Gardens

6,977

326

7,303

Total Station

10,651

excluding nursery, experimental, greenhouse and nursery

12,845

7/3/08

2/16/06 – 2,017 mapped living|3 mapped dead|19,652 plants|14,808 accessions

Kristina Aguilar
kaguilar@longwoodgardens.org

Los Angeles Co. Arboretum

14,421

1,309

15,730

Total Station

15,071

Excluding nursery and orchid collection

12,400

1/13/07

7/28/06 – 13,770 mapped living|1,197 mapped dead|14,501 plants|11,616 accessions

Jim Bauml

jim.bauml@arboretum.org

Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens

2,532

272

2,804

Total Station

5,271

 

5,271

1/19/07

5/2/06 – 2,172 mapped living|4,585 plants|3,766 accessions

Kristina Van Wert
kkvw@mcn.org

Montgomery Botanical Center

10,790

5,166

15,956

Total Station

10,930

 

9,318

7/3/08

7/30/07 – 10,517 mapped living| 4,772 mapped dead| 10,767 plants|8,922 accessions

Ericka Witcher

ErickaW@montgomerybotanical.org

Morris Arboretum

6,188

3,836

10,024

Manual

8,183

 

4,797

4/28/08

3/27/07 - 6,214 mapped living|3,536 mapped dead|8,249 plants|4,744 accessions

Elinor Goff egoff@pobox.upenn.edu

Mount Auburn Cemetery

13,274

2,405

15,679

Manual

16,109

 

9,646

10/17/08

9/23/04 - 10,886 mapped living|1,186 mapped dead|15,463 plants|7,242 accessions

Tim Thibault
(contact: Dennis Collins)
dcollins@mountauburn.org

Mount Cuba Center

9,585

1,746

11,331

Total Station

13,619

 

5,752

7/2/08

2/21/06 - 8,565 mapped living|1,012 mapped dead|10,765 plants|5,081 accessions

Amy Highland ahighland@mtcubacenter.org

New York Botanical Garden

7,424

1,684

9,108

Total Station

43,689

none excluded

24,248

7/8/08

1/12/07 – 7,303 mapped living|1,346 Mapped Dead|40,230 plants|22,438 accessions

Wayne Cahilly wcahilly@nybg.org

Norfolk Botanical Garden

603

150

753

Total Station

18,647

 

17,340

2/22/06

 5/22/00 - 693 mapped living|6,124 plants|4,291accessions

Alexandra Coombs PlantRecords@aol.com

North Carolina Arboretum

1,850

1,090

2,940

Total Station

4,744

excluding nursery, and herbaceous

3,808

12/10/08

5/5/06 - 1,987 mapped living|903 mapped dead4,674 plants|-3,906 accessions

Angela Brown abrown@ncarboretum.org

Philadelphia Zoo

3,813

319

4,132

Manual

4,131

 

3,992

7/9/03

2/22/01 - 704 mapped living|3,860 plants|-3,860 accessions

Marty Kromer martykromer@aol.com

Polly Hill Arboretum

2,291

488

2,779

Total Station

3,193

 

1,955

10/20/08

1/26/07 - 2,325 mapped living|334 mapped dead|2,659 plants|1,983 accessions

Nancy Weaver Nancy@pollyhillarboretum.org

Rancho Santa Ana B.G.

8,523

3,922

12,445

Total Station

11,242

excluding nursery and herbaceous

6,296

11/10/08

8/26/04 - 10,162 mapped living|1,798 mapped dead|15,592 plants|6,541 accessions

Shawn Overstreet soverstreet@RSABG.org

 

Rio Grande Botanic Garden

1,055

0

1,055

Total Station

4,254

 

1,345

 2/23/04

11/2/01 - 881 mapped living|3,266 plants|1,198 accessions

Jon Stewart JStewart@cabq.gov

Salisbury State University

2,112

0

2,112

Manual

2,245

 

627

8/8/00

 

Josh Mitchell GROUNDS@ssu.edu

Scott Arboretum

6,740

838

7,578

GPS

9,465

excluding nursery and production areas

4,738

1/19/07

5/8/06 – 6,534 mapped living|604 mapped dead|9,006 plants|5,161 accessions

Rhoda Maurer rmaurer1@swarthmore.edu

Smith College, Botanic Garden at

1,720

122

1,842

GPS and Manual

9,644

 

7,483

5/2/07

6/4/06 – 1,779 mapped living|60 mapped dead|10,207 plants|7,679 accessions

Elaine Chittenden echitten@email.smith.edu

U.S. National Arboretum

3,355

156

3,511

Total Station and GPS

25,406

excluding greenhouse, nursery, research areas

22,237

2/10/05

1/25/02 - 1,102 mapped living|17,214 plants|14,099 accessions

Mary Byrne byrnem@usna.ars.usda.gov

University of Delaware

1,588

0

1,588

GPS

3,067

 

1,953

 2/10/05

2/14/01 - 820 mapped living|1,646 plants|1,030 accessions

Alix Coombs acoombs@UDel.Edu

Washington Park Arboretum

6,462

1,342

7,804

Manual

9,568

 

6,412

2/10/05

4/16/02 - 6,560 mapped living|9,568 plants|6,412 accessions

Keith Fergusen fergus42@u.washington.edu

Total

172,544

38,875

211,419

 

343,491

 

248,868

 

 

 

*Note: Includes plants that the institution may not plan on mapping, such as
nursery plants, herbaceous plants, etc. (See instructions below for how to exclude these plants)

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 Sorted by Number of Mapped Living Plants

Institution

Mapped Living Plants

Mapped Dead Plants

Total Mapped

Mapping Technology

Living Plants
(See Note)