Oregon Photo Gallery

Introduction

The Oregon Flora Photo Gallery is an online resource that is under development. It is based on the Oregon Flora Project’s collection of over 38,000 images and the database holding information associated with each image. The Photo Gallery will feature multiple images of each species, subspecies, and variety of vascular plants that grow in Oregon without cultivation. These will include photographs depicting the plant’s habitat, its general habit, flowers, details of important characters, and as available, technical illustrations. The identification of all images will be verified by Oregon Flora Project staff before being displayed in the Photo Gallery. Images of Oregon specimens from the OSU Herbarium are also part of the Photo Gallery. These serve as a valuable resource for researchers. The type specimens of the OSU Herbaria and their published descriptions can be accessed here.

Our first installment of verified images will be posted here in the near future.

Interested in volunteering or donating images?

We welcome contributions of quality photographs. Of special interest are plants for which we currently have no images (click on buttons below for lists). Below are some basic points regarding photo donations:
Images are accepted of plants growing in Oregon in a non-cultivated setting
Information required for each image:
Photographer’s name
Scientific name—all plants need to be reliably identified to species (and subspecies/variety if applicable)
Date photographed—the year is required for copyright purposes; a precise date is preferred
File name or slide number
Information preferred for each image:
Location—a description as detailed as possible (examples: “Byers Turnout; Cow Creek T30S R7W S35”; “above Fish Lake, Steens Mtn.”)
Elevation
Any additional notes about the plant or population
Contributors are asked to sign an Image Use Release form
Photographer retains copyright over all images contributed to the Photo Gallery

Formats accepted:
    Digital images—
  • We can accept images of most file types; .jpg or .tiff are preferred.
  • Jpg images can be compressed at a “high” or “maximum” quality setting.
  • Images should be submitted at a resolution of at least 800 pixels in the longest dimension. Larger images are acceptable.
  • Small numbers of images can be emailed to us.
  • Larger collections of images can be burned to a CD and mailed.
    35mm slides—
  • We are able to accept slides contingent upon sufficient funding and personnel. Slides are scanned and returned to the photographer.



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If you would like to contribute your photographs or if you would like to volunteer to help develop this wonderful resource, please contact us.

Last content update: 6 November 2007