State Biodiversity Database Survey
Contact: Anita F. Cholewa, Ph. D. (Curator/Dir. of UM Herbarium)
Organization: University of MN
State: MN
NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION (Who filled out survey?)
NAME Anita F. Cholewa, Ph. D.
TITLE Curator/Dir. of UM Herbarium
AGENCY/ORGANIZATION University of MN
ADDRESS 1445 Gortner Ave.
CITY, STATE, ZIP St. Paul, MN 55108
TELEPHONE AND FACSIMILEPhone: (612) 625-0215
     Fax: (612) 625-1738
EMAIL/FTP/WWW anita@mozart.cbs.umn.edu
  
ORIGINATOR (Owner/Agency) University of Minnesota Herbarium
DATABASE NAME MN Vascular Plant Database
DATABASE ACRONYMS 
DATABASE ABSTRACT (A brief summary of the data set):
Specimen label data from vascular plants collected within Minnesota and deposited at the U of MN Herbarium.
PURPOSE OF THE DATABASE:
To provide distributional data in checklist style format as well as allowing an option to view complete data regarding locality and habitat.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Agency Mandate, etc.):
 
DATE RANGE OF RECORDS:1849 - Present
IS DATA CONTINUOUS? (Yes or No): Yes
EXPLAIN GAPS IN THE DATA: 
 
 
HOW OFTEN IS THE INFORMATION UPDATED?
Monthly Updated
WHEN WAS THE LAST UPDATE?:  
COMMENTS ON UPDATE STATUS: 
 
 
SPATIAL DOMAIN OF DATA SET
(Lat/Long coordinates, State/Region, etc.):		 
County on all/township-range; on many/latitude/longitude if provided by collector of original specimen.
 
BIODIVERSITY KEYWORDS:
THEME SPECIES TYPE
Species Distribution Plants Museum Collections
Habitat Associations    
PLACE KEYWORDS
(Words/Phrases describing database extent & location):
Minnesota   Vascular Plants
DATASET CONSTRAINTS: ACCESS TO THE DATABASE
Fees
COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET ACCESS CONSTRAINTS:
For unlimited REMOTE access: $150/year for educational or governmental agencies; $600/year for corporations. FREE if use our in-house terminals.
DATASET CONSTRAINTS: USE OF THE DATABASE:
Copyright agreements
COMMENTS REGARDING DATASET USE CONSTRAINTS:
University of Minnesota Herbarium must be acknowledged as the propiatary owner in any and all reports, bulletins, publications, communiques, etc. Our copyright is registered with the US Copyright Office.
DATA ACCURACY:
DATA QUALITY INFORMATION (How accurate is the information?):
Based on the information with the original collected specimen.
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL MEASURES USED:
Staff spot checked data entry for initial dataset. As each specimen is used, dataset record rechecked for accuracy and completeness - additional locality information added if known.
ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY, LOGICAL CONSISTENCY, COMPLETENESS & LINEAGE:
 
DATA REFERENCING: SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION & REFERENCING:
DATA SET GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCE INFORMATION (Is it geographically referenced?):
YES, by administrative boundary; see comments
YES, by place; see comments
COMMENTS REGARDING DATA REFERENCING:
Administrative Boundary: county on all/township for as many others as possible.
Place: State Parks/Preserves/Nat'l Forest/Reservation/etc.
ENTITY AND ATTRIBUTES (What species/system/attributes measured):
 
DATA DISTRIBUTION - CONTACT INFORMATION: (How to obtain the data set):
Anita F. Cholewa, PhD, Museum Curator/Director
University of Mnnesota Herbarium
1445 Gortner Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone:( 612)625-0215 Fax:( 612)625-1738
Email/FTP/WWW Address: anita@mozart.cbs.umn.edu
biosci.cbs.umn.edu/herbarium (www)
CURRENT DATABASE FORM AVAILABLE (media, digital, non-digital, etc.):
On-line/Internet.
On-line/Dial-up.
COMMENTS REGARDING DATABASE CURRENT FORM:
 
DATABASE SIZE (Megabytes, etc.):
 
ADDITIONAL METADATA AVAILABLE FOR DATA SET:
 
COMMENTS REGARDING METADATA: