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University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH)

Specialty: Worldwide, especially temperate North America and the Great Lakes region. Specific strengths include marine algae of eastern North America, West Indies, Alaska, and Pacific Islands; bryophytes of tropical America; Agaricaceae and Hymenogastraceae of western North America; vascular plants of Mexico, Iran, Himalayas, southwestern Pacific Region, and southeastern Asia; Cyperaceae, Malpighiaceae, and Myrtaceae of the New World.
Date Founded: 1837.

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Contacts:

  • Collection Manager: Brad Ruhfel, umherb-data@umich.edu
  • Collection Manager: Aly Baumgartner, umherb-data@umich.edu
  • Technical Support: Garth Holman, gholman@umich.edu
  • Technical Support: Matthew Cruz, mcruz@umich.edu

Address:

University of Michigan Herbarium
3600 Varsity Drive
Ann Arbor, MI   48108-2228
U.S.A.
734-615-6200

Collection Statistics

  • 592,383 specimen records
  • 182,653 (31%) georeferenced
  • 489,968 (83%) with images (675,615 total images)
  • 10 GenBank genetic references
  • 554,912 (94%) identified to species
  • 369 families
  • 5,582 genera
  • 43,522 species
  • 48,071 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 4 November 2024
DwC-Archive Access Point
Digital Metadata:EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source:Import map from MICH IPT
Usage Rights
Geographic Distribution - Greenland
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