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MBC Collections Pages:    

• Online Living Collections database @ BGBase Multisite 
• Contact information for Access to MBC Collections
• Overview of Palm Collection
• Overview of Cycad Collection
• MBC Collections Policy v2.1 (June 2007)
• MBC International Fieldwork and Collaboration Policy
• MBC Nursery
• MBC-Sponsored Fieldwork
• Bibliography of works involving MBC collections
  

Montgomery Botanical Center holds the National Palm Collection and the National Cycad Collection, following a rigorous review by the APGA.

Colonel Robert Montgomery was a serious plant collector who left a significant botanical legacy. In addition to the extensive collections at Montgomery Botanical Center (MBC), several other Montgomery  collections exist. The Montgomery Pinetum, a National Registered Historic Site, is located on the Colonel's former Connecticut estate. A significant portion of these plants─The Montgomery Ornamental Conifer Collection─also forms the core of the recently rededicated Benenson Collection at The New York Botanical Garden. Closer to home, The Montgomery Palmetum is the foundation of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden's palm collection.

At Montgomery Botanical Center, the live plant collections established by Colonel Montgomery, beginning in 1932, shape a historic legacy and a dynamic future. MBC's collections are continually augmented through ongoing scientific expeditions and international collaboration.

Montgomery Botanical Center is built on live scientific plant collections as the foundation from which all other functions emerge. Research, education, and conservation require excellent collections─MBC's collections are rooted in science.

Below is a copy of MBC’s Wild Collection Data Form that is required for all new material coming in to MBC. To download and/or print the form, simply click on the link below.

MBC's Wild Collection Data Form (in PDF format)

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