Plant Atlas Project of Arizona (PAPAZ)

Project Managers: Arizona Native Plant Society

PAPAZ began in 2008 as collaboration between the Arizona Native Plant Society, Grand Canyon Trust, Desert Botanical Garden, U.S. Forest Service, Northern Arizona University, and MNA. Arizona is incredibly diverse with its numerous landforms, varying elevations, temperature gradients, and rainfall patterns. These components create unique niches for plants, and many of these areas have not been documented. The goal of PAPAZ is to document the floristic diversity of Arizona by collecting plant specimens and providing more accurate and detailed geographic information. A majority of the contributions made to this project are accomplished by volunteers, also known as Budding Botanists, who take part in annual training to learn skills in plant identification, collecting, documenting, and processing. Over 125 volunteers have participated so far, assisting with every aspect of the project, from field collecting and conducting data entry, to processing plants at various herbaria. Volunteers at MNA have mounted over 1,000 plant specimens from PAPAZ. The herbarium processing occurs in the newly restored Powell Building’s Botany wing, located on the Museum’s Harold S. Colton Research Campus.

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Home >> Plant Atlas Project of Arizona (PAPAZ) Plant Atlas Project of Arizona (PAPAZ) Project Managers: Arizona Native Plant Society PAPAZ began in 2008 as collaboration between the Arizona Native Plant Society, Grand Canyon Trust, Desert Botanical Garden, U.S. Forest Service, Northern Arizona University, and MNA. Arizona is incredibly diverse with its numerous landforms, varying elevations, temperature gradients, and rainfall patterns. These components create unique niches for plants, and many of these areas have not been documented. The goal of PAPAZ is to document the floristic diversity of Arizona by collecting plant specimens and providing more accurate and detailed geographic information. A majority of the contributions made to this project are accomplished by volunteers, also known as Budding Botanists, who take part in annual training to learn skills in plant identification, collecting, documenting, and processing. Over 125 volunteers have participated so far, assisting with every aspect of the project, from field collecting and conducting data entry, to processing plants at various herbaria. Volunteers at MNA have mounted over 1,000 plant specimens from PAPAZ. The herbarium processing occurs in the newly restored Powell Building’s Botany wing, located on the Museum’s Harold S. Colton Research Campus. https://aznps.com/papaz-project/ Research Checklists Map Checklists Research checklists are pre-compiled by biologists. This is a very controlled method for building a species list, which allows for specific specimens to be linked to the species names within the checklist and thus serve as vouchers. Specimen vouchers are proof that the species actually occurs in the given area. If there is any doubt, one can inspect these specimens for verification or annotate the identification when necessary. The symbol opens the species list as an interactive key. Click to Open Map Cienega Creek Natural Preserve \| Key Grapevine Botanical Area \| Key Hart Prairie \| Key North Gila Mountains Plant Inventory \| Key North Mountain Plant Inventory Project \| Key Salero Ranch \| Key Sonoran Preserve \| Key Tent Rocks/Cottonwood Basin area \| Key Tortolita Mountains \| Key Upper Basin Preinventory Flora \| Key Upper Basin, Coconino County \| Key Upper Verde River \| Key Verde Valley Botanical Area \| Key
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