We welcomed Eric McKenzie to the National Forest Fungarium at @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social. BioCollections increasingly rely on the knowledge/generosity of retired experts to keep collection-based science thriving. With Eric is Pam Taylor, NZFRIM Collection's Manager. #Mycology #Biocollections 🧪

Mapped 170K Pinus records across NZ to help @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social model priority surveillance sites for incoming pathogens. 1st headache: a no. of pine trees living happily in the Pacific Ocean! Rubbish data in = rubbish models out. Data owners play a critical role in getting it right. 🧪

Great to host Dr Alexander Schmidt‑Lebuhn ( #CSIRO) at the National Forestry Herbarium @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social. His🌿expertise helped confirm, or not, Senecio madagascariensis (fireweed/Madagascar ragwort) specimens, an emerging weed and biosecurity concern in NZ.🧪 #BioCollections #Biosecurity

New webpage now live for the National Forestry Herbarium at @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social. Explore our database of #BioCollections held in our care. Visit nzfri.scionresearch.com

Yeah! New @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social logo, which compliments our Brahms database for #BioCollections perfectly. 🎉🧪

Just updated @bioeconomyscience.bsky.social's National Forestry Herbarium data on GBIF! 🌿
Fresh records for researchers, conservationists & biodiversity enthusiasts. Explore the richness of our collections to unlock new insights and create impact.
#BioCollections #GBIF #Herbarium #BiodiversityData

My new favourite from #NationalForestryHerbarium. Echium plantagineum, commonly known as Paterson's curse, indigenous to Eurasia and northern Africa. Earliest collection in NZ from 1893. Farmers hate them, bee keepers love them. #BioCollections

Wahoo! #BioCollections data refresh from National Forestry Herbarium @ Scion Research supplied to Australasian Virtual Herbarium. See biocache.ala.org.au/occurrences/...

From #NationalForestryHerbarium @ScionResearch. 55% of specimens now imaged. Here's a sample. Melianthus major, an evergreen suckering shrub, endemic to South Africa and naturalised in New Zealand where it's on the Weedbuster list.