Collections
UCR Botanic Gardens
With over 40 acres at the base of the Box Springs Mountains, the UCR Botanic Gardens is a living plant museum that is open to the general public. Originally established primarily for teaching purposes, the garden provides a source for plant materials for courses at UCR and other local schools. The Gardens also provides plant materials for various research projects and serves to test and exhibit plant species introduced from all parts of the world.
Citrus Variety Collection
The Citrus Variety Collection consists of two trees of each of the more than 1,000 different citrus types and is one of the premier citrus germplasm collections in the world.
Entomology Research Museum
The second oldest collection of insects and related arthropods in the UC system, the Entomology Research Museum got its start in 1923 and has since grown to include some 3 million specimens. The main focus of the collection is insect biodiversity of southern California and southwestern North America. Of particular importance are major collections of native bees and natural enemies of agricultural pests (used in biological control worldwide). This resource is used by researchers from around the world. The museum also houses collections for teaching and for outreach activities in the communities surrounding UCR.
UCR Herbarium
The UCR Herbarium contains over 133,000 samples of the flora of Southern California and Western Mexico. One of the most active facilities of its kind in the state, it annually makes 5,000-10,000 identifcations of plants brought in by the general public.
