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The Morton Arboretum Herbarium - Vascular Plants (MOR-herb.vasc)

The Morton Arboretum Herbarium's Vascular Plant Collection is the largest collection in the MOR Herbarium. Currently, there are over 190,000 specimens. The Herbarium's foci include plants of the Chicago Region, woody plants of the Temperate Zone, plants of The Morton Arboretum, and genera of research interest (e.g. Quercus, Carex, Tilia, Ulmus). 

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Contacts:

  • Andrew Hipp, ahipp@mortonarb.org

Address:

Morton Arboretum
4100 Illinois Route 53
Lisle, IL   60532-1293
USA

Collection Statistics

  • 102,331 specimen records
  • 17,578 (17%) georeferenced
  • 66,815 (65%) with images (99,833 total images)
  • 91,087 (89%) identified to species
  • 206 families
  • 1,230 genera
  • 5,842 species
  • 7,213 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 6 August 2024
DwC-Archive Access Point
Digital Metadata:EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source:Import via IPT
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Geographic Distribution - Lebanon
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