This dataset represents known sites of non-native tamarisk occurrences within Santa Barbara County, California, collected via human observation and specimen data from herbaria. These data were amassed from the Consortium of California Herbaria (CCH), the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), and CalFlora, all publicly available data.
The Consortium of California Herbaria serves as a gateway to information from California vascular plant specimens that are housed in participant herbaria.
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international open data infrastructure, funded by governments.
It allows anyone, anywhere to access data about all types of life on Earth, shared across national boundaries via the Internet. This tamarisk layer draws data from herbaria and citizen contributions via iNaturalist.
The Calflora Database is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing information about California plant biodiversity for use in Education, Research and Conservation. Information in Calflora comes from multiple sources, including public agencies, non-profits, scientists, private donors, and citizen observations.
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This data was clipped to a buffered boundary of Santa Barbara County, California.