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Department Facilities
Collections
The Robert F. Hoover Herbarium (Fisher Hall rooms 352 and 359) is a museum containing about 70,000 mounted dry vascular plant specimens and 2500 algal specimens representing the diverse flora of western North America and other regions. It serves as the largest repository of botanical specimens of central coastal California. In addition the herbarium contains several thousand more unmounted specimens that are a part of ongoing research projects plus collections of photographic specimens and seeds. The herbarium is a resource for Cal Poly student and faculty research in plant systematics, floristics, and California vegetation and is available for use by the scientific community. The collection is used in teaching Vascular Plant Taxonomy, Field Botany, Ethnobotany, and Phycology classes. The herbarium's library of several hundred bound volumes, botanical journals, and numerous reprints and photocopies of botanical literature support the research and teaching missions of the herbarium. The collection is not open to the public. Inquiries should be directed to the Herbarium Director (Dr. David Keil, dkeil@calpoly.edu).
The Aryan Roest Mammal Collection in room 252 of Fisher Hall includes over 2,300 skins, skulls,
mounted specimens and frozen tissues of mammals. Representation is mostly of local species, with a survey of animals from all over the world. The collection is used in teaching Mammalogy, Vertebrate Natural History, and Vertebrate Field Zoology classes. The collection is available for use by the scientific community as well as for advanced studies on selected species. The collection is not open to the public. Inquiries should be directed to collection Curator (Dr. Francis Villablanca, fvillabl@calpoly.edu).
The Cal Poly Natural History Museum Bird Collection in Room 252 of Fisher Hall includes nearly 2000 specimens representing many of the orders of North American birds, 200 species from the western United States, and most of the North American families. The collection is used in teaching Ornithology, Vertebrate Field Zoology and Vertebrate Natural History. The collection is not open to the public, but is available for use by the scientific community and for advanced studies on selected species. Inquiries should be directed to collection Curator (Dr. Francis Villablanca, fvillabl@calpoly.edu).
The Reptile and Amphibian Collection in Room 285A of Fisher Hall contains many specimens of species found in San Luis Obispo County and representative specimens from other parts of the country and the world.
The Entomology Collection in Room 255 of Fisher Hall includes over 1,000,000 insects, which range from local species to exotic tropical species. It is currently used as a teaching and reference collection for species collected along the central coast.
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