The Herbarium databases are used to manage most of the daily activities at CONN, which include, specimen data entry, loans, nomenclature, references, morphology, collectors, data about other herbaria, localities / geo-references, classification, images and even staff projects and time cards.
Historically CONN has had and still uses several database packages. Initially the Herbarium was in an early version of Microsoft Access and was transferred to Biota and then moved recently to BG-BASE™. Palaeobotany resides in a FileMaker Pro database. CONN is in the process of incorporating data from numerous sources to offer even greater access to our collections. The fungal collections, although not plants, are housed in the herbarium due to similar curatorial practice and are currently not databased.

:: Search the Herbarium database (60,000+ specimens)
:: Search / browse the Type Specimen database WITH IMAGES
:: Search the Palaeobotany collections
:: Search the Bryophyte collections
:: Search the Phycology collections
:: Search the macroscopic algae of Long Island Sound database
:: Search / browse the cultivated Nymphaeaceae database
:: Search other institutions. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) Multisite
:: Search the living plant collections

Collections Manager: Dr. Robert S. Capers
Director: Dr. Don Les