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Towson University Biodiversity Center (BALT)

The herbarium (BALT) was formally organized in 1967 under the directorship of Dr. Mary Castelli. Two years following its establishment, Dr. Donald Windler joined the faculty and became the curator of the collection. Following the retirement of Dr. Windler (in 2003), Dr. Roberts assumed the directorship of the collections. During Dr. Windler’s tenure, the collection grew extensively. The core collection is built around a donation of specimens from the Maryland Natural History Society. The donation includes specimens from as early as 1864 and represents historic records of species distribution in Maryland and the mid-Atlantic region.
Contacts: David Hearn, Curator of Botany, dhearn@towson.edu
Homepage: https://www.towson.edu/fcsm/centers/biodiversity/herbarium.html
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: b2687b33-a5f6-44f9-9271-2b90f39b6bc6
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://bryophyteportal.org/portal/content/dwca/BALT_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 2,788 specimen records
  • 0 georeferenced
  • 2,787 (100%) with images (2,787 total images)
  • 2,629 (94%) identified to species
  • 106 families
  • 290 genera
  • 712 species
  • 722 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics