The Botanical Garden of the Virgin Islands (USVI-SVBG)

This is a 100% inventory of the garden landscape. In progress 2019. St. George Village Botanical Garden is dedicated to conservation and preservation of both the historical and living collections on its grounds. The Gardens mission is to conserve the native plant species of St. Croix, as well as threatened species of other Caribbean islands suited to local environmental conditions. In addition, the Garden preserves the ethnobotanical history of St. Croix through living, graphic and structural displays. The mission of St. George Village Botanical Garden is one of conservation, preservation, and education. It conserves the native plant species of St. Croix as well as the threatened species of other Caribbean islands suited to local environmental conditions.

Contact: Dewey Hollister (deweyhollister@gmail.com)

Home Page: www.sgvbg.org

Collection Type: Observations

Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal

Global Unique Identifier: c5d17c6e-c0ac-4e9d-984b-567a87616017

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)

Rights Holder: The Botanical Garden of the Virgin Islands

• 823 specimen records
• 181 (22%) georeferenced
• 247 (30%) identified to species
• 39 families
• 80 genera
• 68 species
• 68 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)