The BG-Map Census

The BG-Map Census

As of January 31, 2012

|Sorted by Institution| |Sorted by Number of Mapped Plants|

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Sorted by Institution

Institution	Mapped Living Plants	Mapped Removed or 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 removed or dead\|10,518 plants\|6,568 accessions	Kim Stone
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 removed or dead\|18,534 plants\|16,215 accessions	Karen Kongsmai
Chanticleer Garden	1,022	28	1,050	Manual	9,892		6,973	1/14/08	1/16/07 – 546 mapped living\|17 mapped removed or dead\|8,057 plants\|6,166 accessions	Robert Herald
Cornell Plantations	8,563	3,959	12,522	Total Station	11,718	excluding nursery, greenhouse & 3 gardens	6,766	2/25/11	1/12/07 – 8,506 mapped living\|2,155 mapped removed or dead\|10,761 plants\|6,334 accessions	Sarah McNaull
Denver Botanic Gardens	17,170	6,866	24,036	GPS	25,981	excluding Chatfield, Orchid Pavilion, Greenhouse, Mt. Goliath, Nursery, Greenhouses	23,413	2/28/11	2/28/11 – 15,759 mapped living\|6,553 mapped removed or dead\|24,094 plants\|22,239 accessions	Cindy Newlander
Descanso Gardens	6,310	1,919	8,229	GPS	9,885	excluding nursery	4,615	11/4/09	6/28/06 - 6,981 mapped living\|1,219 mapped removed or dead\|10,086 plants\|4,699 accessions	Wen Wang
Desert Botanical Garden	7,663	0	7,663	Manual	20,666		10,515	1/04/01		Tracy Omar
Holden Arboretum	7,952	6,458	14,410	Total Station	17,125	excluding nursery	10,678	12/1/10	9/15/09 – 8,069 mapped living\|5,970 mapped removed or dead\|17,293 plants\|10,800 accessions	Ethan Johnson
Huntington Botanical Gardens	6,422	254	6,676	Total Station	27,994	excluding nursery	38,391	7/14/11	1/27/11 – 5,014 mapped living\|206 mapped removed or dead\|28,453 plants\|38,270 accessions	Tim Thibault
Longwood Gardens	9,035	1,056	10,091	Total Station and GPS	20,621	excluding nursery, experimental and seasonal plants	12,879	12/2/10	7/3/08 – 6,977 mapped living\|326 mapped removed or dead\|10,651 plants\|12,845 accessions	Kristina Aguilar
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 removed or dead\|14,501 plants\|11,616 accessions	Jim Bauml
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens	2,892	701	3,593	Total Station	5,348		5,348	1/14/11	1/19/07 – 2,532 mapped living\|272 Mapped Dead\|5,271 plants\|5,271 accessions	Kristina Van Wert
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 removed or dead\| 10,767 plants\|8,922 accessions	Ericka Witcher
Morris Arboretum	6,537	4,423	10,960	Manual	7,905		4,742	2/24/11	3/16/10 - 6,376 mapped living\|4,242 mapped removed or dead\|7,898 plants\|4,692 accessions	Elinor Goff
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 removed or dead\|15,463 plants\|7,242 accessions	Tim Thibault (contact: Dennis Collins)
Mount Cuba Center	11,235	3,012	14,247	Total Station	15,030		15,030	3/1/11	7/21/08 – 9,585 mapped living\|1,746 mapped removed or dead\|13,619 plants\|5,752 accessions	Amy Highland
New York Botanical Garden	7,135	3,049	10,184	Total Station	43,689	none excluded	24,248	6/13/11	7/8/08 – 7,424 mapped living\|1,684 Mapped Removed or Dead\|43,689 plants\|22,248 accessions	Wayne Cahilly
Norfolk Botanical Garden	1,821	247	2,068	GPS	19,984		11,158	12/16/10	2/22/06 - 603 mapped living\|150 mapped dead\|18,647 plants\|17,340 accessions	David Foss
North Carolina Arboretum	1,836	1,164	3,000	Total Station	5,033	excluding nursery, and herbaceous	3,965	3/29/11	12/10/08 - 1,850 mapped living\|1,090 mapped removed or dead4,744 plants\|-3,906 accessions	Angela Brown
Polly Hill Arboretum	2,211	868	3,079	Total Station	3,154		2,081	1/31/12	3/23/11 - 2,222 mapped living\|799 mapped removed or dead\|3,196 plants\|2,139 accessions	Nancy Weaver
Rancho Santa Ana B.G.	10,151	4,440	14,591	Total Station	11,408	excluding nursery and herbaceous	8,366	3/5/11	11/10/08 - 8,523 mapped living\|3,922 mapped removed or dead\|11,242 plants\|6,296 accessions	Shawn Overstreet
Rio Grande Botanic Garden	1,058	0	1,058	Total Station	15,868		3,065	1/4/11	2/23/04 – 1,055 mapped living\|4,254 plants\|1,1345 accessions	Jon Stewart
Salisbury State University	1,716	835	2,551	Manual	1,856		568	5/26/11	8/8/00 – 2,112 mapped living\|2,245 plants\|627 accessions	Rebecca Rosing-Johnson
Scott Arboretum	7,753	1,947	9,700	GPS	9,928	excluding nursery and production areas	5,277	5/31/11	4/21/09 – 7,154 mapped living\|1,491 mapped removed or dead\|9,882 plants\|5,229 accessions	Rhoda Maurer
Smith College, Botanic Garden at	1,766	269	2,035	GPS and Manual	9,800		7,843	4/29/09	5/2/07 – 1,720 mapped living\|122 mapped removed or dead\|9,644 plants\|7,483 accessions	Elaine Chittenden
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
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
Washington Park Arboretum	5,971	2,369	8,340	Manual	10,354	excluding nursery	6,317	7/18/11	2/10/05 - 6,462 mapped living\|1,342 mapped dead\|9,568 plants\|6,412 accessions	Keith Ferguson
Total	181,841	54,510	236,351		396,779		291,247

*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 Removed or Dead Plants	Total Mapped	Mapping Technology	Living Plants (See Note)	Note on Living Plants	Living Accessions	Last Updated	Previous Numbers	Updated By
Denver Botanic Gardens	17,170	6,866	24,036	GPS	25,981	excluding Chatfield, Orchid Pavilion, Greenhouse, Mt. Goliath, Nursery, Greenhouses	23,413	2/28/11	2/28/11 – 15,759 mapped living\|6,553 mapped removed or dead\|24,094 plants\|22,239 accessions	Cindy Newlander
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 removed or dead\|14,501 plants\|11,616 accessions	Jim Bauml
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 removed or dead\|15,463 plants\|7,242 accessions	Tim Thibault (contact: Dennis Collins)
Mount Cuba Center	11,235	3,012	14,247	Total Station	15,030		15,030	3/1/11	7/21/08 – 9,585 mapped living\|1,746 mapped removed or dead\|13,619 plants\|5,752 accessions	Amy Highland
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 removed or dead\| 10,767 plants\|8,922 accessions	Ericka Witcher
Rancho Santa Ana B.G.	10,151	4,440	14,591	Total Station	11,408	excluding nursery and herbaceous	8,366	3/5/11	11/10/08 - 8,523 mapped living\|3,922 mapped removed or dead\|11,242 plants\|6,296 accessions	Shawn Overstreet
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 removed or dead\|10,518 plants\|6,568 accessions	Kim Stone
Longwood Gardens	9,035	1,056	10,091	Total Station and GPS	20,621	excluding nursery, experimental and seasonal plants	12,879	12/2/10	7/3/08 – 6,977 mapped living\|326 mapped removed or dead\|10,651 plants\|12,845 accessions	Kristina Aguilar
Cornell Plantations	8,563	3,959	12,522	Total Station	11,718	excluding nursery, greenhouse & 3 gardens	6,766	2/25/11	1/12/07 – 8,506 mapped living\|2,155 mapped removed or dead\|10,761 plants\|6,334 accessions	Sarah McNaull
Holden Arboretum	7,952	6,458	14,410	Total Station	17,125	excluding nursery	10,678	12/1/10	9/15/09 – 8,069 mapped living\|5,970 mapped removed or dead\|17,293 plants\|10,800 accessions	Ethan Johnson
Scott Arboretum	7,753	1,947	9,700	GPS	9,928	excluding nursery and production areas	5,277	5/31/11	4/21/09 – 7,154 mapped living\|1,491 mapped removed or dead\|9,882 plants\|5,229 accessions	Rhoda Maurer
Desert Botanical Garden	7,663	0	7,663	Manual	20,666		10,515	1/04/01		Tracy Omar
New York Botanical Garden	7,135	3,049	10,184	Total Station	43,689	none excluded	24,248	6/13/11	7/8/08 – 7,424 mapped living\|1,684 Mapped Removed or Dead\|43,689 plants\|22,248 accessions	Wayne Cahilly
Morris Arboretum	6,537	4,423	10,960	Manual	7,905		4,742	2/24/11	3/16/10 - 6,376 mapped living\|4,242 mapped removed or dead\|7,898 plants\|4,692 accessions	Elinor Goff
Huntington Botanical Gardens	6,422	254	6,676	Total Station	27,994	excluding nursery	38,391	7/14/11	1/27/11 – 5,014 mapped living\|206 mapped removed or dead\|28,453 plants\|38,270 accessions	Tim Thibault
Descanso Gardens	6,310	1,919	8,229	GPS	9,885	excluding nursery	4,615	11/4/09	6/28/06 - 6,981 mapped living\|1,219 mapped removed or dead\|10,086 plants\|4,699 accessions	Wen Wang
Washington Park Arboretum	5,971	2,369	8,340	Manual	10,354	excluding nursery	6,317	7/18/11	2/10/05 - 6,462 mapped living\|1,342 mapped dead\|9,568 plants\|6,412 accessions	Keith Ferguson
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
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens	2,892	701	3,593	Total Station	5,348		5,348	1/14/11	1/19/07 – 2,532 mapped living\|272 Mapped Dead\|5,271 plants\|5,271 accessions	Kristina Van Wert
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 removed or dead\|18,534 plants\|16,215 accessions	Karen Kongsmai
Polly Hill Arboretum	2,211	868	3,079	Total Station	3,154		2,081	1/31/12	3/23/11 - 2,222 mapped living\|799 mapped removed or dead\|3,196 plants\|2,139 accessions	Nancy Weaver
North Carolina Arboretum	1,836	1,164	3,000	Total Station	5,033	excluding nursery, and herbaceous	3,965	3/29/11	12/10/08 - 1,850 mapped living\|1,090 mapped removed or dead4,744 plants\|-3,906 accessions	Angela Brown
Norfolk Botanical Garden	1,821	247	2,068	GPS	19,984		11,158	12/16/10	2/22/06 - 603 mapped living\|150 mapped dead\|18,647 plants\|17,340 accessions	David Foss
Smith College, Botanic Garden at	1,766	269	2,035	GPS and Manual	9,800		7,843	4/29/09	5/2/07 – 1,720 mapped living\|122 mapped removed or dead\|9,644 plants\|7,483 accessions	Elaine Chittenden
Salisbury State University	1,716	835	2,551	Manual	1,856		568	5/26/11	8/8/00 – 2,112 mapped living\|2,245 plants\|627 accessions	Rebecca Rosing-Johnson
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
Rio Grande Botanic Garden	1,058	0	1,058	Total Station	15,868		3,065	1/4/11	2/23/04 – 1,055 mapped living\|4,254 plants\|1,1345 accessions	Jon Stewart
Chanticleer Garden	1,022	28	1,050	Manual	9,892		6,973	1/14/08	1/16/07 – 546 mapped living\|17 mapped removed or dead\|8,057 plants\|6,166 accessions	Robert Herald
Total	181,841	54,510	236,351		396,779		291,247

*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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The BG-Map Census
Here's how to get the information from your computer:
Send in updated results as frequently as you wish.

Number of mapped living plants	Enter the command MAPCOUNT at the BG-Map Pseudo-TCL command line.
Number of mapped removed or dead plants	Enter the command COUNT MAP_COORDINATES WITH ALIVE = 0 at the BG-Map Pseudo-TCL command line.
Number of living accessioned plants	To count all living accessioned plants, enter the command COUNT PLANTS WITH ALIVE = 'A' at the BG-Map Pseudo-TCL command line. You can exclude from the count plants in certain BG-BASE Locations. For example, if the location code for the nursery is NURSERY, and you wish to exclude plants in that location from the count, enter the command as follows: COUNT PLANTS WITH ALIVE EQ 'A' AND WITH LOCATION_NOW NE ‘NURSERY’ You can also exclude herbaceous plants if you don't intend to map them. The command in the following example, excludes plants in locations NURSERY and PROP and also excludes herbaceous plants: COUNT PLANTS WITH ALIVE EQ 'A' AND WITH LOCATION_NOW NE ‘NURSERY’ AND WITH LOCATION_NOW NE ‘PROP’ AND WITH HABIT NE ‘H’ (Of course, you will need to insert your own Location codes for the areas that you wish to exclude) Note: If you are still using DOS BG-BASE (prior to release 6), use LOCATION.NOW instead of LOCATION_NOW in the above statements.
Number of living accessions	Enter the command COUNT ACCESSIONS WITH ALIVE = ‘A’ at the BG-Map Pseudo-TCL command line.

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