Search our Plant Collections
Plant Inventory
The Arnold Arboretum’s living collections database, BG-BASE, is online and can be searched by entering one or more words from the scientific or common name:
Pinpoint plant collections and explore landscape features using our new interactive map.
Cultivated Herbarium Search
The Arnold Arboretum’s Cultivated Herbarium collections can be searched by entering the scientific name, family name, or Arboretum accession number:
Search Seed Images
The Arnold Arboretum’s Seed Herbarium collections can be searched by entering the scientific name, family name, or Arboretum accession number. To date, seeds of the following genera are available through this resource: Abies, Acacia, Acer, Actinidia, Albizia, Alnus, Amorpha, Andromeda, Aralia, Arctostaphylos, Aronia, Berberis, Betula, Broussonetia, Buddleia, Carpinus, Carya, Elliottia, Enkianthus, Erica, Fagus, Ilex, Rhododendron, Stewartia, Syringa, Tsuga, Zabelia. Browse a gallery of closely allied species.
For all of the above searches:
- Entries can be either upper or lower case.
- Omit authorities, cultivar indicators (eg. cv.), or intraspecific epithet(s).
- Use * or ] as a wildcard character.
- For example, to search for all values starting with Magnolia, enter Magnolia* or Magnolia].
- Multiple search criteria should be separated by a comma.
- For example, to look up both Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) Buchholz and Rhododendron prunifolium (Small) Millais enter Sequoiadendron giganteum, Rhododendron prunifolium
Records are cataloged in our collections management database, BG-BASE. Search functionality is hosted by the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Multisite Searches
The Arnold Arboretum collaborates with other institutions to offer a single interface that allows users to search 28 living collections and conservation databases at once. The multisite search functionality is hosted by the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.