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SBBG - Clifton Smith Herbarium, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
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The SBBG natural history collections house the region's largest scientific collection of preserved Central Coast and California Channel Islands vascular plants, bryophytes, lichens, and macrofungi. Across these collections, the Garden curates approximately 214,000 specimens. Vascular plant specimen data are served on this portal (https://cch2.org/). Lichen specimen data are served on the Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria (https://lichenportal.org/cnalh/). Macrofungus specimen data are served on the Mycology Collections Portal (https://mycoportal.org/portal/index.php). Bryophyte data are served on the Consortium of Bryophyte Herbaria (https://bryophyteportal.org/portal/).

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Contact: C. Matt Guilliams mguilliams@sbbg.org
Cite this collection:
SBBG - Clifton Smith Herbarium, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Occurrence dataset (ID: ) https://cch2.org/portal/content/dwca/SBBG_DwC-A.zip accessed via the Symbiota Local Portal Portal, https://dev010.symbiota.org/Portal, 2026-06-22).
Collection Statistics
  • 151,087 (94%) georeferenced
  • 92,026 (57%) with media (93,019 total media)
  • 149,851 (93%) specimen records
  • 274 Families
  • 2,022 Genera
  • 9,218 Species
  • 11,805 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data
DwC-Archive Access Point
Global Unique Identifier: 3818e0aa-b6a4-11e8-b408-001a64db2964
Digital Metadata: EML File
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