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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, Myrtaceae, and Podostemaceae 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

Address:

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

Adenoderris (1)
Arachniodes (456)
Arthrobotrya (29)
Aspidium (2)
Bolbitis (480)
Ctenitis (417)
Cyclodium (10)
Cyrtomium (174)
Dryopteris (6088)
Elaphoglossum (1442)
Lastreopsis (86)
Lomagramma (68)
Maxonia (8)
Megalastrum (70)
Mickelia (38)
Nothoperanema (1)
Olfersia (19)
Papuapteris (1)
Parapolystichum (78)
Peltapteris (2)
Peranema (26)
Phanerophlebia (127)
Pleocnemia (185)
Polybotrya (67)
Polystichopsis (18)
Polystichum (2284)
Psomiocarpa (2)
Rumohra (41)
Stenolepia (2)
Stigmatopteris (34)
Tectaridium (1)
Teratophyllum (74)