**Code**: [DAO](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=123914) **Organization**: National Collection of Vascular Plants - AAFC **Division**: Biological Collections Division **Department**: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada **Location**: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada **Total number of specimens**: 1550000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1886 **Taxonomic coverage**: Vascular plants **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide, mainly north temperate; Canada, especially Ontario, Prairie Provinces, Haida Gwaii, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Prince Edward Island, northern Québec, and Saskatchewan. **Incorporated herbaria**: CCO (40,000 specimens incorporated in 2005), AAFC Kentville Research Station, Nova Scotia (2,000 Blueberry voucher specimens incorporated in 2009), AAFC Morden Research Station in Manitoba(20,000 specimens incorporated in 2008) , (BRS) AAFC Brandon Research Station, Brandon , Manitoba (6000 specimens incorporated in 2013), (ACK) AAFC Kamloops Research Station in British Columbia (3008 specimens incorporated in 2013) **Important collectors**: J. F. Alex, G. W. Argus, I. J. Bassett, B. Baum, B. Bennett, R. E. Beschel, B. Boivin, W. M. Bowden, A. J. Breitung, S. Brisson, P. F. Bruggemann, T. J. W. Burgess, J. A. Calder, P. M. Catling, J. Cayouette, L. Cinq-Mars, W. J. Cody, S. J. Darbyshire, J. Dearness, L. Dickson, W. G. Dore, M. G. Dudley, A. Dutilly, J. W. Eastham, D. Erskine, J. Fletcher, C. Frankton, L. O. Gaiser, C. E. Garton, J. M. Gillett, H. Groh, R. Haineault, V. Harms, J. H. Hudson, L. E. James, L. Jenkins, W. Krivda, G. F. Ledingham, A. Legault, M. Lehors, E. Lepage, D. R. Lindsay, A. Löve, D. Löve, J. Macoun, Fr. Marie-Victorin, W. H. Minshall, R. J. Moore, T. Mosquin, E. H. Moss, G. A. Mulligan, M. J. Oldham, J. A. Parmelee, G. Pegg, A. M. Perceval, H. L. Rhodes, P. Roberts, A. E. Roland, Fr. Rolland-Germain, E. Rouleau, J. Rousseau, R. C. Russell, S. A. Saunders, D. B. O. Savile, G. W. Scotter, H. A. Senn, L. C. Sherk, E. Small, E. C. Smith, J. H. Soper, T. M. C. Taylor, G. H. Turner, J. Woodruff **Notes**: Catalogue of DAO type specimens available at http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/science-and-innovation/research-centres/ontario/eastern-cereal-and-oilseed-research-centre/the-agriculture-and-agri-food-canada-collection-of-vascular-plants/catalogue-of-type-specimens-in-the-agriculture-and-agri-food-canada-national-collection-of-vascular-plants-dao/?id=1256738602692 Loans of DAO specimens and visits to the collection are temporarily suspended due to a large-scale specimen rehousing project. Operations are expected to return to normal by Fall 2023. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2023-05-08 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.