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Collection Profile for:
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, Myrtaceae, and Podostemaceae of the New World.
Date Founded: 1837.

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

Collection Statistics

  • 615,133 specimen records
  • 185,416 (30%) georeferenced
  • 525,526 (85%) with media (711,914 total media)
  • 10 GenBank genetic references
  • 574,849 (93%) identified to species
  • 375 families
  • 5,800 genera
  • 45,587 species
  • 50,267 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 5 June 2025
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Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: Import map from MICH IPT
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Abildgaardia (75)
  • Actinoscirpus (5)
  • Afrotrilepis (1)
  • Amphiscirpus (8)
  • Becquerelia (1)
  • Bisboeckelera (1)
  • Blysmopsis (22)
  • Blysmus (30)
  • Bolboschoenus (284)
  • Bulbostylis (796)
  • Calliscirpus (11)
  • Calyptrocarya (19)
  • Carex (55795)
  • Carpha (4)
  • Caustis (13)
  • Chorizandra (7)
  • Chrysitrix (1)
  • Cladium (322)
  • Coleochloa (1)
  • Costularia (1)
  • Cyathochaeta (1)
  • Cyperus (7488)
  • Cypringlea (4)
  • Desmoschoenus (5)
  • Diplacrum (9)
  • Diplasia (2)
  • Dulichium (265)
  • Egleria (1)
  • Eleocharis (4255)
  • Eriophorum (1326)
  • Everardia (1)
  • Ficinia (8)
  • Fimbristylis (1732)
  • Fuirena (424)
  • Gahnia (37)
  • Hypolytrum (41)
  • Isolepis (167)
  • Karinia (16)
  • Kyllinga (56)
  • Lagenocarpus (8)
  • Lepidosperma (24)
  • Lepironia (9)
  • Machaerina (9)
  • Mapania (33)
  • Mariscus (5)
  • Morelotia (11)
  • Oreobolus (15)
  • Oxycaryum (21)
  • Pycreus (1)
  • Rhynchospora (3395)
  • Schoenoplectiella (351)
  • Schoenoplectus (1077)
  • Schoenus (90)
  • Scirpodendron (4)
  • Scirpoides (20)
  • Scirpus (1398)
  • Scleria (1058)
  • Tetraria (1)
  • Trichophorum (434)