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NACPEC Expeditions

NACPEC collectors Tony Aiello, Michael Dosmann, Kang Wang, and Kris Bachtell standing in front of a large paperbark maple (Acer griseum), from which they collected seeds (NACPEC 15-036). Michael Dosmann, 2015
NACPEC collectors Tony Aiello, Michael Dosmann, Kang Wang, and Kris Bachtell standing in front of a large paperbark maple (Acer griseum), from which they collected seeds (NACPEC 15-036).
Four NACPEC team members collecting plants in the field in 1993.
Kris Bachtell (far left), Mr. Diao (center left), an unnamed team member (center right), and Paul Meyer (far right) collecting plants at the Jiang Shan Jiao Forest Reserve, September 1993. NACPEC Archives.

North America-China Plant Exploration Consortium (NACPEC) is a group of member institutions with the objective of increasing ex situ conservation of plants from China. Since 1991, the group has explored the temperate zones of China for plant species that are compatible with the environment of the northeastern United States. The group has led numerous expeditions in China, and one in North America in 2019. The Arnold Arboretum has participated as a collecting partner in NACPEC expeditions since 1994.

NACPEC Archives

The Archives of the Arnold Arboretum is the repository of the NACPEC archives and stewards the records of the consortium. The collection includes trip reports, field notebooks, correspondence, meeting notes, agendas, budgets, plant records, publicity materials, photographs, ephemera, and other materials.

For questions or to consult this collection, please email the Arboretum Archives at hortlib@arnarb.harvard.edu.

NACPEC Expeditions List

The following contains a digest of all the NACPEC expeditions to date.