The Forest Department Herbarium (BRH)

• The First herbarium was set up in 1928
• The Herbarium is presently housed at the Forest Department Building on Forest Drive, Belmopan.
• The herbarium houses a total of 15,000 specimens.
• The collection provides excellent coverage of the Belizean Flora.
• 84 type specimens collected by W.A. Schipp between 1929-1935
• 52 specimens of threatened plants.
• 80 different collectors.
• Earliest collection made by first Chief Forest Officer for Belize, C. Hummel on 1st, May 1921.

Type specimens
Holotype 2
Isotopes 82

Threatened Taxa
Endangered - 5 specimens
Rare - 33 specimens
Vulnerable - 11 specimens
Name: The Forest Department Herbarium

Acronym:	BRH
Address:	Forest Department Forest Drive Belmopan City Belize C.A.
Telephone:	(501) 822 – 2079 (501) 822 - 1524 Fax: (501) 822 – 1523
Email:	wildlifebelize@yahoo.com