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Welcome to the Center for Plant Diversity!

UC Davis Herbarium

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Home to the J.M. Tucker Herbarium

Composed of 300,000 vascular plant specimens, 2,400 bryophyte specimens, 2,000 macroalga specimens, 1,700 lichen specimens, and 600 conifer cones!
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Photo includes microscope, tweezers, plants, and Jepson keying book.

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Syntrichia moss on microscope slide.

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Moss keying tools and reference books.

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Ceanothus Plant Identification Workshop photo with four people using microscopes and Jepsom Manual of California plants
Cover of Lasthenia No. 63

Lasthenia, Issue No. 63 - Spring 2025

Lasthenia No. 63 is here!

Lasthenia is the semi-annual newsletter of the Davis Botanical Society, published in collaboration with the staff of the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory and the Center for Plant Diversity.

We invite members to submit articles relating to botany in our area of interest.  This can include articles, book reviews, and upcoming events such as field trips or workshops. For more information or to submit an article, please contact our current editor Kate Mawdsley.

Read it here

Events

Plant identification workshop.

Monthly Plant Identification session with Ceanothus (California Vascular Plant ID)

Sep 20, 2025
Center for Plant Diversity, 1026 Katherine Esau Science Hall
Plant identification workshop.

Monthly Plant Identification session with Ceanothus (California Vascular Plant ID) October 18, 2025

Oct 18, 2025
Center for Plant Diversity, 1026 Katherine Esau Science Hall
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UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity
1026 Katherine Esau Science Hall 
(formerly Sciences Laboratory Building)
505 Hutchison Drive
Davis, CA 95616

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Hours
Monday - Friday:
9 am - 5 pm
University of California Holidays:
Closed

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Telephone
(530) 752-1091
 

Collections Manager, Teri Barry
tcbarry@ucdavis.edu
Curator, Alison Colwell 
aelcolwell@ucdavis.edu
Faculty Director, Daniel Potter
dpotter@ucdavis.edu

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